When Silas Matheson inherits his uncle’s lodge deep in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, he hopes it will be the fresh start he and his young sons need. Silas had left the area fifteen years prior, after his friend Jessica disappeared while on a hike with him and two other friends, Danny and Meg. When his sons go missing in the same woods, the guilt, shame, and terror come flooding back, along with grown Danny and Meg, who now volunteer with search and rescue.

As the clock ticks, and a storm approaches, secrets from the past begin to infiltrate the present. Will their life-defining misfortune repeat? Will they rectify the past? Will there be any peace in their future? What really happened on that fateful hike in 2003?

Hagstrom’s expert use of a dual timeline keeps the audience guessing. Readers must connect details from 2003 with the circumstances in 2018, but Hagstrom doesn’t draw a direct line. The “wild” in The Wild Between Us is exciting and beautiful, but also unforgiving and dangerous.