(W/A) Kay Davault. After her father’s sudden disappearance* thirteen-year-old aspiring detective Marietta travels to where his trail went cold* the town of Perdita* to ask for help. But with nobody believing her claim that something paranormal is to blame* her questions go nowhere. Determined to find out what happened even if she has to do it alone Marietta enters the nearby woods* where people are known to have vanished. Armed with a peculiar magnifying glass that has the power to reveal lies and a mysterious letter containing clues about her father* Marietta stumbles into the alternate world hidden in the woods. Marietta and Wyatt* a mysterious boy with his own secrets* work together to navigate the woods but become increasingly lost. A search for magical keys and solving a puzzling murder offer them ways to get home* but Marietta has yet to find her father… and the Conductor hounds her every step. Can she get what she came for and make a clean getaway* or will the woods claim another victim?