Between Here and April

In this riveting and beautifully crafted book, Kogan presents a woman who plumbs the depths of the mysterious disappearance of her young childhood friend. When Elizabeth, now a wife and mom, discovers that April died in a gruesome suicide-murder committed by April’s own mother, she obsessively tries to figure out what would drive a woman to carry out such a horrible crime. But the more she delves into the details of the case, the more she begins to empathize with April’s unstable mother.