A single mom finds herself mixed up with the wrong people in this twisting crime novel perfect for fans of C. J. Box and Ruth Ware. Featuring a neurodivergent lead, this small-town thriller is a compelling story of tenacity and grit. In the snowy mountain town of Suspicion, Montana, single mom Janey Hendee waits tables at the local roadhouse—and on the sly, she runs an underground card game. All to give her daughter a better life than the one she had. When her sleazy ex fails to get their daughter to school, Janey takes matters into her own hands and breaks into his place to threaten him using her cousin’s gun. Unfortunately, Janey is caught, and a local crime boss is using the security footage as leverage against her, forcing her to make a shady drop under the town’s bridge. But after finding out her cousin also got himself mixed up with the wrong people in town and ended up dead, Janey knows she’s in too deep. The only thing that matters now is keeping her daughter safe, but to do that she must stay alive. With the twisted, thrilling edge of Ozark , Rhodi Hawk explores the lengths a mother will go through to keep her daughter safe. Praise for This Town Won’t Tell : “Mesmerizing even at a break-neck pace, This Town Won't Tell had me laughing, wincing, and compulsively turning the page. With sharp writing and a fascinating mess of a character, Rhodi Hawk keeps readers on a white knuckle funride of suspense.” —Sarah Pinborough, New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of We Live Here Now “Rhodi Hawk is a master storyteller as evidenced in her new novel This Town Won't Tell . An intricately plotted story about a mother trying to protect her daughter only to get mixed up with the wrong people, this twisted tale will have you engrossed in Janey's life and decisions until the very last page.” —Lyn Liao Butler, bestselling author of The Fourth Daughter “In This Town Won’t Tell , Rhodi Hawk turns one underestimated woman into the beating heart of an extraordinary thriller. No stock protagonist, Janey is a single mother with a rough past who must rely on her intelligence, grit, and sheer determination to keep herself and her young daughter alive after crossing paths with the wrong people. The wild Montana landscape and a roadhouse bar packed with one-of-a-kind characters create an atmosphere of constant risk and ever-growing menace. This Town Won’t Tell is a sophisticated, next-level thriller, built on character and consequence, not cheap shocks or worn-out genre shortcuts. Hawk’s confident, cinematic storytelling makes this novel feel destined for the screen and marks her as a standout voice in contemporary thriller fiction. I loved every minute of it.” —Amy Pease, author of Northwoods and Wildwood “From the opening sentence, This Town Won't Tell seizes you in its grip and doesn't let go. In Janey, Hawk has created a character you want to root for, and surrounded her with the kind of treachery that keeps you reading late into the night. A heart-pounding thriller that will stay with you long after you've turned the final page.” —Nicole Maggi, author of the National Parks Mystery series “Author Rhodi Hawk delivers a twisty mystery-thriller starring Janey Hendee, a gutsy survivor struggling to stay on the straight and narrow. To protect her daughter’s future, “wolf mom” Janey must outwit a small-town, high-stakes crime ring. With its darkly beautiful mountainside setting and cast of expertly drawn suspects, This Town Won’t Tell is a fast-moving, immersive read. “ —Kathleen Bryant, author of Over the Edge Rhodi Hawk is the International Thriller Writers award-winning author of A Twisted Ladder and The Tangled Bridge . Her short fiction has been published in popular magazines and anthologies, and her work has been praised by industry legends, including Tess Gerritsen, Sarah Langan, and Sarah Pinborough. Reading has been her delight since childhood. In recent years, a motor neuron disease has left Rhodi a wheelchair warrior with impaired cognitive ability. That neurodivergence informs Janey’s struggle with reading and writing in This Town Won't Tell . Devoted to wildlife and the natural world, Rhodi lives in piney woods with a pair of vultures, her cat, Pumpkin, and her husband, Bram Stoker Award-winning thriller writer Hank Schwaeble.