Massachusetts, 1897: Bertha Mellish, "the most peculiar, quiet, reserved girl": at Mount Holyoke College, is missing. Bertha's best friend, Agnes might know the truth, but she is being unhelpfully tightlipped, inciting the suspicions of Bertha's family, her classmates, and the private investigator hired by the Mellish family doctor. As secrets from Agnes' and Bertha's lives come to light, so do the competing agendas driving each person who is searching for Bertha.
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