Crime 1: Two young backpackers are touring the US and stop at Golden, a 'ghost town' in Oregon. They have plans to hike Ghost Mountain to find...ghosts. They take one last photo together at the beginning of the hike, and they are never seen alive again. (Think - the two Dutch women who disappeared in Panama).
Crime 2: A local woman is found in a parking lot, covered in blood and gunpowder residue, and next to the bodies of three dead men. Two have been garroted to death, and the third was shot directly in the face.
After the two seemingly unrelated crimes occur almost a year apart, Marty Gray will risk everything to find out the truth and how the two crimes connect.
Marty Gray still lives in her childhood home. She diligently leaves the porch light on at all times because when she was a young girl, her six-year-old brother disappeared and was never seen again. The light on the porch is there, so he will always know where his house is, should he ever return.
She's known as Weird Marty Gray for years, but that changes after she creates a podcast, "Welcome to Murdertown," to discover what happened to the two young women at Ghost Mountain. After a few mishaps and accusations, she becomes "Liar Marty Gray."
Welcome to Murdertown by Rian Wynne is a small-town domestic thriller layered beyond a simple 'who did it?' premise. It's a small town full of secrets and money, drugs and rich boys, and parents who do anything for their kids and their reputation. Marty Gray is trying to solve a disappearance because she can't solve her brother's. Marty Gray has lived as Weird/Liar Marty Gray long enough.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for the opportunity to read and review this book before its release.