**A BuzzFeed, LitHub, Tor, and Library Journal Best Book of SummerAn NPR, CrimeReads, and Shelf Awareness Best Book of 2022Longlisted for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award"An eerie, melodic debut." ―The New York Times Book ReviewThe islanders have only three rules: don’t stick your nose where it’s not wanted, don’t mention the war, and never let your guard down during October.**Leigh Welles has not set foot on the island in years, but when...

The islanders have only three rules: don't stick your nose where it's not wanted, don't mention the war, and never let your guard down during October.Leigh Welles has not set foot in on the island in years, but when she finds herself called home from a disappointing life on the Scottish mainland by her father's unexpected death, she is determined to forget the sorrows of the past—her mother's abandonment, her brother's icy distance, the unspeakable tragedy of World War II—and start...