We Are All the Same in the Dark by Julia Heaberlin

Sometimes I shake my head at how good people write - this is one of those times.

We are All the Same in the Dark is a wonderfully crafted murder mystery about a small town in Texas where their beauty, Trumanell Branson, and her father go missing, and 16-year-old Wyatt Branson is the only one who knows their story. On this same night, Wyatt's high school sweetheart, Odett Tucker, loses a leg in an auto accident.

Ten years later, Odett is a deputy in her hometown, Wyatt is still considered for suspicion of murder, and a one-eye girl is found in a field of dandelions, clinging to life.

The twists and turns take shape through the next five years, with another person going missing and several more mysteries cropping up. When Angel, a Trumanell groupie, comes to town, all bets are off as she works to solve not only the missing person cases but the mysteries of this town.

Fabulously written from multiple points of view, there isn't a dull moment or page throughout. I was even pleasantly surprised by whodunnit.

Well done, Julia Heaberlin!