The Silent Ones

Wren Cade #2

by Georgia Wagner

For the first time in seven years, Wren Cade walks into a prison—not to hunt a killer, but to face the one she put there. Her twin, Lark.

But Lark doesn’t want forgiveness.
She wants to talk about a missing girl.

A young woman vanished from Eureka Springs, Arkansas—a charming Ozark town known for its winding streets, healing springs, and caves that go on for miles. No signs of foul play. No body. The case barely made headlines.

But Lark sees something in the details.
And she’s not guessing—she’s certain.

Wren doesn’t trust her sister. Doesn’t even want to hear her out. But something about this one gnaws at her. Especially when she uncovers a pattern buried beneath years of seven girls. Seven years. Each disappeared in the same month. None ever found.

The locals won’t talk. The records don’t match. And someone is working hard to keep it that way.
Now Wren must decide whether to follow a lead from the one person she swore to shut out—before another girl vanishes into the hills for good.

213 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 16, 2025

About the author

Having worked on projects with New York Times Bestsellers and USA Today bestsellers, Georgia Wagner recently hit #1 bestseller with her newest series. Location and character are two big factors for Georgia, and getting those right allows the story to flow seamlessly onto the page. And flow it does, because Georgia is so prolific a new term is required to describe the rate at which nerve-tingling stories find their way into print.

When not found attached to a laptop, Georgia likes spending time in local arboretums, among the trees and ponds. An avid cultivator of orchids, begonias, and all things floral, Georgia also has a strong penchant for art, paintings, and sculptures. A many-decades-long passion for mystery novels and years of chess tournament experience makes Georgia the perfect person to pen the Artemis Blythe series. That's where it all started, but the drive to craft thrilling mystery tales soon demanded new characters in new locations.

Where will she take us next?

Reviews

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Are you free to live?

A suspense filled story that has you wondering, wht these women are missing. No bodies. No sightings of anyone. Have they been taken by a serial killer?

[Jade Michaelson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good read! These books are short and fast reads. This 2nd we went with Wren to follow up on a potential missing persons crime, the catch is, her imprisoned sister knew about it before the FBI did.

However, as the book unfolds there's no huge secret, Lark just knew about the crimes, but apparently didn't have a part in orchestrating them. I think it would have been interesting if Lark had played a bigger part. But it sounds like the next book we will start to see more of her.

One thing I don't understand, is why Wren has to review her cards if she has a photographic memory. She can apparently remember entire transcripts and crime scenes but she has to continuously review her emotion cards. Wouldn't she have just memorized them?

[R M · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 stars
Still the US FBI agent with the British narration. I like the accented narration, but it’s weird, too.
This bit of FBI procedural was very fantastical. The underlying story of Wren’s sister and mother, is there. Just waiting to progress, while we have what turns out to be a silly murder mystery. Started as a missing women mystery.
Wren herself is quite strange. She needs note cards to handle human emotions. Maybe her FBI partner wants to be more to her.
I’m not sure I’ll continue with the series, although they are pretty short novellas.

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read on kindle. Had so many twists and turns and you never really knew exactly what was happening. Very interesting and kept you reading. I kinda predicted that Lark would eventually escape in one of the books.

[Vicki Gilbertson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great series awaiting for book 3 to be arrive from Amazon

[Wendy Hargrove · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Lynne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Took me a little while to get into it but once there, I enjoyed it.

[Faith de Kock · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great second read by this author! I'm so invested in Wren! Great character development and plot. On to book 3 🎊