Krysten Ritter

Should you ever go back? It has been ten years since Abby Williams left home and scrubbed away all visible evidence of her small town roots. Now working as an environmental lawyer in Chicago, she has a thriving career, a modern apartment, and her pick of meaningless one-night stands. But when a new case takes her back home to Barrens, Indiana, the life Abby painstakingly created begins to crack. Tasked with investigating Optimal Plastics, the town's most high-profile company and economic heart, Abby begins to find strange connections to Barrens’ biggest scandal from more than a decade ago involving the popular Kaycee Mitchell and her closest friends—just before Kaycee disappeared for good. Abby knows the key to solving any case lies in the weak spots, the unanswered questions. But as Abby tries to find out what really happened to Kaycee, she unearths an even more disturbing secret—a ritual called “The Game,” which will threaten the reputations, and lives, of the community and risk exposing a darkness that may consume her. With tantalizing twists, slow-burning suspense, and a remote, rural town of just five claustrophobic miles, Bonfire is a dark exploration of the question: can you ever outrun your past?

A beautiful con artist insinuates herself into a wealthy socialite’s life . . . with deadly consequences, in this serpentine thriller about identity and obsession, from actress, director and bestselling author Krysten Ritter.  Liz Dawson weaves through a crowd with the ease of a tropical breeze, moving seamlessly through elite circles, sparking instant connections and making every new acquaintance feel like an intimate friend. She’s clever, smooth, and confident—qualities that make her a brilliant serial con artist. Isabelle Beresford is strikingly beautiful, obscenely wealthy, and the new owner of Casa Esmerelda, a fabulous villa on the Mexican coast—attributes that make her the perfect mark. When she offers Liz a job handling the installation of a piece of art in her otherwise vacant home, Liz can’t resist the allure of a beach retreat. She longs for a reset, a chance to finally shed the grip of her addiction to the conning game. But when Liz, with her lush dark hair and intense green eyes, is mistaken for Isabelle herself, Liz can’t help effortlessly slipping into the socialite’s identity. The transition is so easeful, it almost feels like fate. But just who is Isabelle Beresford really, and why does she seem to have abandoned this stunning life of hers? As Liz insinuates herself deeper into the dazzling—and deceptive—world of the Punta Mita resort community, she draws closer to the dangers surrounding the real Isabelle. Dangers that may have already ensnared Liz, too. This might not be the con of her life—but the con that ends it.

Han transcurrido diez años desde que Abby Williams se fue de casa y se quitó de encima toda prueba visible de sus raíces provincianas. En la actualidad trabaja en Chicago como abogada medioambiental, tiene una carrera floreciente, un apartamento moderno y todos los hombres que se le antojan. Pero cuando un nuevo caso la hace regresar a Barrens, su pueblo de Indiana, la vida que se ha construido con tanto esfuerzo empieza a resquebrajarse. Encargada de la tarea de investigar a la influyente empresa Optimal Plastics, motor económico del pueblo, Abby empieza a descubrir extrañas conexiones con el mayor escándalo que sacudió Barrens hace más de una década, en el que se vio implicada la popular Kaycee Mitchell junto con sus amigas más íntimas... justo antes de que Kaycee desapareciera para siempre. Abby sabe que la clave para resolver cualquier caso radica en los puntos débiles, las preguntas que aún no tienen respuesta. Pero cuando intenta averiguar qué le ocurrió realmente a Kaycee, destapa un secreto todavía más inquietante: un ritual denominado «El Juego», que pondrá en peligro la reputación y la vida de los habitantes de Barrens y amenazará con sacar a la luz un asunto siniestro que podría acabar devorando a Abby.