What The Storm Broke: A Psychological Suspense Novel

Some secrets don't stay buried. They wait.

When true crime podcaster Myla Miller returns to her Oregon hometown after her mother's sudden death, she expects to sort through a farmhouse, sign some papers, and leave. She doesn't expect to arrive in the middle of a reopened investigation — one triggered when a storm unearths the remains of Melody Harper, a thirteen-year-old girl who vanished twenty-six years ago.

Myla was eight years old that summer. She doesn't remember Melody. She doesn't remember the search parties, the vigils, or the way the whole town held its breath.

She doesn't remember anything.

But the barn keeps pulling at her. The hayloft. The smell of old hay and something underneath it — something her mind refuses to surface. As fragments begin breaking through, Myla starts to understand why her mother spent twenty-six years keeping her at a careful distance. Why the neighbor who's been so helpful keeps finding reasons to be close. And why some memories don't disappear on their own.

They're hidden.

What the Storm Broke is a dark, atmospheric psychological thriller about the secrets mothers keep, the truths children bury, and what happens when the ground finally gives way.

Perfect for fans of Alice Feeney, Lisa Jewell, and Liane Moriarty.