The Desert Behind Me

An Arizona teenager’s disappearance has an ex-cop remembering her own tragic past—and questioning her own sanity . . . Winner of the New Mexico-Arizona Book Award When a teenage girl goes missing in Arizona, retired NYPD officer Jamie Butler is frantic to find her. Haunted by the brutal murder of her own daughter, Jamie is convinced that this girl has been abducted in the same way. There are inexplicable similarities to her own daughter’s abduction. Connections that seem impossible—because her daughter’s killer is long dead. But as her search for the missing teen intensifies, new evidence comes to light. Evidence that implicates Jamie herself . . . Praise for the novels of Shannon Baker “Excitingly fast-paced.” —Publishers Weekly “Finely crafted mystery.” —Anne Hillerman, New York Times–bestselling author of The Tale Teller “A compulsive, white-knuckle read.” —Linda Castillo, New York Times–bestselling author of Outsider