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CARLENE THOMPSON was born in West Virginia and has an academic background in English. She lives in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, where she teaches part-time for Marshall University. The author of eleven books, she spends her free time caring for her many dogs and cats, including a black, golden-eyed feline named Rhiannon.

One by one they vanished without a trace…

And then the real story began.

Chyna Greer was sixteen when her best friend, Zoey, disappeared. Though very different in looks and temperament, the two girls shared a bond that was stronger than blood. But even Chyna's urgent warnings couldn't prevent a love-struck Zoey from sneaking out to the lake to meet her secret crush—and being swallowed up into the warm summer night forever….

LAST SEEN ALIVE

Now Chyna has come back to her West Virginia hometown of Black Willow to lay her mother to rest. But memories of Zoey are everywhere…and then, out of nowhere, Chyna hears a voice—Zoey's voice—begging for her help. As Chyna delves into Black Willow's past, she learns that two other teenagers also went missing. Soon Chyna's search for answers becomes a desperate race to uncover a chilling secret that strikes at the heart of everything she holds dear—and reveal the remorseless evil that has been hiding in plain sight….

"Thompson creates smart, interesting characters the reader cares about within a gripping suspense story."—Judith Kelman, author of Hush Little Darlings

"The characters are so well drawn that the reader will feel like she knows them personally. Thompson offers suspense and an intriguing mystery."—Romantic Times BOOKreviews on Last Whipser