Everyone is guilty until proven otherwise.
In the town of Stoneheaven, the body of a young woman is found hanging from a tree, upside down and completely naked. Her name was Sarah Brooks.
This discovery alarms the entire community, especially Declan Jacobson, a local events reporter, who tries to document the case. Who could have killed that girl and why?
Jacobson starts investigating Sarah’s past and her relationships with family and friends. Despite being introverted and reserved, Sarah led a double life. Girlfriend of her classmate Jason, she also maintained a secret relationship with David Porter, her language and literature teacher.
But this was not Sarah’s only secret. When Jacobson finds Sarah’s diary, he discovers that the parents, a seemingly perfect couple, had been unfaithful: she, with the town’s reverend, Dennis Brown, and he, with Mary Anne, Sarah’s best friend and the reverend’s daughter, who he got pregnant.
One day, after a violent argument with her parents, Sarah confides in Billy, Mary Anne’s brother. Tormented by the news and jealousy, since he always secretly loved Sarah, Billy suffers an uncontrollable fit of rage, ends up hitting her, and suffocates her to death.
Billy and Mary Anne try to flee with the help of their father, who frames other men from the town. Can Jacobson discover the truth in time?
RELEVANT DATA: The Secret Life of Sarah Brooks is the extraordinary debut of Santiago Vera, considered one of the most brilliant authors of contemporary thrillers.
Through multiple plot twists, unexpected deaths, and scenes loaded with dramatic tension; Santiago Vera keeps you in suspense until the last pages. His universe reminds us of writers like Joël Dicker and Mikel Santiago.
Readers have said: “A novel that captures you from the first page.” Babelio.
“I have read the two novels by this author and they are absolutely surprising and addictive.” Amazon.
“The ending leaves you speechless.” Penguin Random House.
AUDIOVISUAL POTENTIAL: TV Series, Miniseries, Film, TV Movie.
AVAILABLE LANGUAGES: Spanish.
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