The Last Confession

A Heart-Wrenching Tale of Love, Lies, and Redemption

Some towns pray for forgiveness. Eldridge prays no one asks the wrong questions.
Hook Line:
When Clara opens the box her mother died for, the truth won’t set her free—it will pull her deeper.

Twenty-five years ago, Evelyn Hale died behind St. Bartholomew’s Church. The town of Eldridge called it an accident. Her daughter, Clara, believed them—until a box of photographs arrives on her doorstep, each showing a different woman who looks disturbingly like her… and one name written in her mother’s handwriting: Emily Carter.
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Haunted by the implication that her mother’s death wasn’t random, Clara returns to Eldridge—where questions are unwelcome, the church keeps too many secrets, and the people in power have been rewriting the truth for decades.
With the help of Sarah Bishop, a relentless small-town reporter, Clara uncovers a hidden network of women who once tried to expose the quiet disappearances of girls like Emily—and were silenced for it. Now, the same men who buried those stories want Clara gone before she uncovers the one confession they failed to destroy.
But Clara isn’t her mother.
She’s the threat they should have feared all along.
Perfect for fans of Gillian Flynn, Lisa Jewell, and Karin Slaughter, The Last Confession is a gripping thriller about buried crimes, generational courage, and the women who refuse to stay silent.