About the author:
\nWanda M. Morris is the acclaimed author of propulsive thrillers\ , such as \; All Her Little Secrets and Anywhere You Run< /em>. Her books have received numerous accolades including Anthony and Lef ty awards and longlisted for the prestigious Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Prize. Her book\, What You Leave Behind\, was nominate d for a 2025 NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Literary Wor k&ndash\;Fiction. Morris is a former corporate attorney. She is married\, the mother of three and lives in Atlanta\, Georgia.
\nIn This Never Happens Here\, Tom and Olivia Henley settle in f or a cozy evening at home in the sort of suburb where &ldquo\;nothing ever happens.&rdquo\; The next morning\, the young couple is found dead. What seems like a run-of-the-mill accident raises grave concern when police dis cover that the couple&rsquo\;s six-year-old daughter is missing.
\nD etectives Temp Marshall and Bella Wilkins are called in to investigate. Te mp feels guilty\, always caught between her demanding career and her famil y&rsquo\;s needs\, while Bella sees the urgent call as the perfect distrac tion: She&rsquo\;s attempting to piece her life back together after the un timely death of her husband.
\nThe only lead is a tip from a neighbo r who saw a &ldquo\;suspicious&rdquo\; Black woman parked on the street th e day before. As similar cases begin to crop up&mdash\;parents dead\, chil dren missing&mdash\;and pressure from the community mounts\, the case take s a disturbing turn the detectives never saw coming\, and they realize the y&rsquo\;re up against a frighteningly powerful adversary.
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