Sycamore by Bryn Chancellor

A small town in Arizona is the scene for some unpleasant business when a teen goes missing. Jess and her mom lived a quiet life in Sycamore after a messy divorce and her dad's remake of his life with a new family. At first an outcast, she made friends with the local kids and everyone in the town knew her and her mom. Life was ok until her best friend's dad began paying extra attention to her and others noticed. Then Jess disappears without a trace until years later a bone is found and the wound is ripped open fresh. We see a town and the layers of its inhabitants. Most have never been the same since Jess went away and some feel guilty for their lack of attention or help but all of them have been left scarred and broken. They need to find the answers as much as the reader does to make sense of something they can't control or undo. Masterful imagery and character development - this is the debut to read in 2017.