No one knows his real name, or exactly what he looks like. He’s been fleecing women for years, and he’s too smart to be caught. Despite a robust “r/WeWillFindYou” Reddit thread tracing the shadowy man’s many crimes, no one can clearly identify him—so they call him “Mr. Disappear.” No one knows him, that is, except Alex Miller, who worked a few cons with him several years ago in Los Angeles but now drives for Uber in the Denver area to pay her bills. A former news editor, Liz Cunningham is struggling to find fulfillment as a stay-at-home mother to her baby, Emma, so she pours through Reddit threads, dreaming of cracking a true-crime case and starting a podcast. When Alex and Liz move from talking on Reddit to meeting in real life (as they are conveniently located in the same town!), they uncover the man’s latest identity, “Rhys,” and his latest mark: Quinn Anderson, a lonely resident manager at the Heritage Hills retirement home, also in Denver! Quinn is grieving her father and their complicated relationship as her stepmother schemes to steal her inheritance—an inheritance Rhys is urging her to fight for so they can move in together and start a business. Liz and Alex confront Quinn with proof that Rhys has played this con before, but when the police refuse to act without clear proof of fraud, Alex, Liz, and Quinn decide it’s high time Rhys pays for the damage he’s caused—not realizing he long ago crossed the line into murder. Trench offers a trio of damaged, redeemable women working against a system that makes it hard to hold this man accountable, while also offering the occasional chapter in his voice. Writing both a true crime-esque romp and a commentary on true crime, Trench packs impressive complexity into her characters, their backgrounds, and their friendship, as well as the Colorado setting.