The Damage Done: 1 (Lily Moore Mystery)

Winner of the Anthony Award for Best First NovelLily Moore a successful travel writer fled to Spain to get away from her troubled drug-addicted younger sister Claudia. But when Claudia is found dead in a bathtub on the anniversary of their mothers suicide Lily must return to New York to deal with the aftermath.The situation shifts from tragic to baffling when the body at the morgue turns out to be a strangers. The dead woman had been using Claudias identity for months. The real Claudia had vanished reappearing briefly on the day her impostor died. As Claudia transforms from victim to suspect in the eyes of the police Lily becomes determined to find her before they do.Is Claudia actually missing or is she playing an elaborate con game? And whos responsible for the body that was found in the bathtub? An obsessive ex-lover? An emotionally disturbed young man with a rich and powerful father? Or Lilys own former fiancé who turns out to be more deeply involved with Claudia than he admits?As Lily searches for answers a shadowy figure stalks her and the danger to her grows. Determined to learn the truth at any cost she is unprepared for the terrible toll it will take on her and those she loves.Hilary Davidsons lush novel delivers on all counts offering both slow-burn suspense and creeping pathos. Taking the classic story of a heros quest to solve the riddle of a wayward sister its ultimately a tale of lost women victims and victimizers damaging and perilously damaged. A rich haunting debut. - MEGAN ABBOTT New York Times bestselling author of Give Me Your Hand