Six women - mothers, daughters, sisters - gone missing. 
Inspired  by the unsolved murders of the Chillicothe Six, this is the story of  two sisters, both of whom could be the next victims.
Arcade and Daffodil are twin sisters born one minute apart. With their  fiery red hair and thirst for an escape, they form an unbreakable bond  nurtured by their grandmother's stories. Together they disappear into  their imagination and forge a world where a patch of grass reveals an  archaeologist's dig, the smoke emerging from the local paper mill  becomes the dust rising from wild horses galloping deep beneath the  earth, and an abandoned 1950s convertible transforms into a time machine  that can take them anywhere. 
But no matter how hard they try, Arc  and Daffy can't escape the generational ghosts that haunt their family.  And so, left to fend for themselves in the shadow of their rural Ohio  town, the two sisters cling tight to one another. 
Years later, as  the sisters wrestle with the memories of their early life, a local woman  is discovered dead in the river. Soon, more bodies are left floating in  the water, and as the killer circles ever closer, Arc's promise to keep  herself and her sister safe becomes increasingly desperate - and the  powerful riptide of the savage side more difficult to survive. 
Drawing  from the true story of women killed in Chillicothe, Ohio, acclaimed  novelist and poet Tiffany McDaniel has written a moving literary  testament and fearless elegy for missing women everywhere. 
PRAISE FOR TIFFANY McDANIEL'S BETTY
'A coming-of-age story filled with magic in language and plot' Observer
'Breahtaking' Vogue
'I felt consumed by this book. I loved it, you will love it' Daisy Johnson
'A page-turning Appalachian coming-of-age story told in undulating prose that settles right into you' Naoise Dolan 
'Vivid and lucid, Betty has stayed with me' Kiran Millwood Hargrave


