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by Erika Berlanga (Author)
In Blackwell, Oregon, everyone knows everyone's secrets. Except the one that could destroy them all.
Detective Maya Torres has spent thirteen years protecting her small town, following the rules, and trusting the system. She learned everything from Chief Bob Garrett, the man who became her mentor and father figure. But when Sarah Hartley walks into the station with evidence her son's decade-old drowning wasn't an accident, Maya's carefully ordered world begins to crack.
Brendan Hartley was seventeen when he died. The official story: a tragic accident, a boy swimming drunk, a case closed with sympathy and sorrow. But Sarah never believed it. And now she has proof.
As Maya reopens the investigation, she uncovers a pattern of suppressed evidence, silenced witnesses, and convenient gaps in the original case file. The trail leads to Tyler Harrison, grandson of Blackwell's most powerful family-and to a cover-up that reaches into the heart of her own department.
Chief Garrett warns her to drop it. Her fellow officers turn hostile. The town chooses sides. Someone is watching her, following her, making it clear that some truths are too dangerous to expose.
Maya must decide: stay loyal to the man who made her career, or honor her oath to the badge she wears. Expose the truth and destroy her town's economy, or become complicit in the very corruption she swore to fight.
Because in Blackwell, they're all guilty. The question is: what will one honest cop do about it?
We Are Guilty Here is a gripping detective mystery about institutional corruption, the cost of truth, and one woman's refusal to look away-even when justice demands she sacrifice everything.
Perfect for readers who love Tana French, Jane Harper, and morally complex crime fiction where doing the right thing is never simple.
