Heather

"If you enjoyed Mare of Easttown, you'll love Heather. A gritty cold-case detective story, vividly and insightfully written. Not just a story of murder, it's a thought-provoking and moving meditation on mothers and daughters and the long-reaching consequences of the choices we make." ―Alex Michaelides, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient and The Fury

A small-town detective reopens an unsolved case, sending shock waves across generations of women in this gripping new mystery from the Edgar Award-winning author of Please See Us.

1990. In the myth-riddled woods of the New Jersey Pine Barrens, sixteen-year-old Annabelle Riley's twin sister, Sabrina, has been having an affair with a mysterious older man, and Annabelle is determined to uncover what's going on. Then, inexplicably, both sisters disappear.

In this same town years later, newly instated police chief Callie Hauser makes an arrest that unexpectedly resurrects details from a heartbreaking cold case. As she digs deeper, the past and the present collide, challenging everything Callie believes about right and wrong, who she is, and the town she's always called home.

A propulsive mystery as incisive as it is forgiving, Heather bears a visceral reminder that the truth of a woman's life is often complicated and unknowable--to those on the outside, and sometimes even to herself.

Author: Caitlin Mullen
Publisher: Celadon Books
Published: 06/09/2026
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.40w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9781250400574


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 03/01/2026 pg. 87
Publishers Weekly 03/30/2026
Booklist 05/01/2026
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2026

About the Author
Caitlin Mullen is the author of Please See Us, which won the 2021 Edgar Award for Best First Novel and was named a New York Times best crime novel in 2020. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and children.