~ Trade Paperback

Please make a list of every possession you consider essential to your life.  The request seems odd, even intrusive, and for the two women who answer, the consequences are devastating . . . 

An enthralling psychological thriller with unexpected twists and turns, The Girl Before spins one woman's seemingly good fortune, and another woman's mysterious fate, through a kaleidoscope of duplicity, death, and deception.

"Writing with precision and grace, J.P. Delaney strips away the characters' secrets until the raw truth of each is revealed." -- Publishers Weekly