Emily Arsenault

When she is named her late best friend's literary executor, Jamie, believing that Gretchen's death was an accident, discovers that Gretchen's manuscript about a murder in her family that haunted her childhood may have caused her demise.

In 1855 New England, young mother Frances Barnett's obsession with the details of a local murder trial lead her to a mental institution, while in the present day, young mother Abby Bernacki discovers Barnett's diary and finds unsettling parallels with her own life.

"A very clever wordsmith. " -New York Times Book Review"When Emily Arsenault was growing up, a teacher told the fifth-grader she was very good at writing. Give that teacher an A. " -Hartford CourantEmily Arsenault's compelling debut, Broken Teaglass, was resoundingly praised ("Quirky and inventive... meets all the definitions of a good read. "-Richmond Times-Dispatch). With her intelligent, complex, and ingeniously crafted sophomore offering, In Search...

Ivy's best friend is traumatized by finding the dead body of a young man but as Ivy seeks answers, she learns that her small New Hamshire town hides many secrets.