Description
Named one of the most anticipated books of 2026 by The New York Times, Heart of Glass is a suspenseful thriller from Jennifer Hillier about a decades-old murder, buried secrets and a confession that may have been a lie.
Twenty-five years ago in Seaside, Washington, three inseparable teenage girls met a charming drifter named Sam at Wonderland, the local amusement park. Days later, one of them, Lorelei, was found murdered, her body surfacing in a flooded cranberry bog.
Sam was eventually identified as the Carnival Killer and arrested for the murders of five young women, including Lorelei. In the aftermath, Lorelei’s best friends took very different paths. Nicolette left Seaside and eventually reinvented herself as Cole Lennox, a reality television star living in Toronto. Barb remained in their hometown, becoming a reporter while quietly carrying secrets of her own.
Now, as Wonderland prepares for its grand reopening, the Carnival Killer recants his confession to Lorelei’s murder. Then the body of another young woman washes ashore.
As questions about the past resurface, Barb and Nicolette are forced to confront what really happened twenty-five years ago and what may be happening in Seaside now. The truth threatens not only the carefully constructed lives they have built, but the town itself.

