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Frankie has always protected her sister Izzy. But when Izzy's actions put Frankie in the sights of the local police, Frankie will have to decide what lengths she's willing to go to in order to protect Izzy.

Ellie, an NYU grad student, is eager for the perfect weekend away with her boyfriend Steven, a wealthy and privileged professor at Barnard College. When they head out for their romantic break, they're both excited to get to know each other better away from prying eyes. But when a snowstorm strands them in the house, they begin to realize that neither of them is quite who they say they are, and that one of them won't escape the weekend alive.

Lorraine, "Rainy," lives a secluded life hiding from the disturbing past she wants to forget. If she's allowed to. During a weekend in Vegas her friend disappears, but Rainy knows who they're really after.

To the outside observer, Vivian is a success story, but privately she contends with the aftershocks of her bad childhood. A family reunion prompts her to change her life in new and terrifying ways.

Six years after his wife, Brie, vanished, Andy has finally put his life back together. But when a woman who bears a striking resemblance to her appears at his old address, old questions, and dark suspicions, resurface.

The powerful Mutchmore family has been hiding a secret for decades, one they intend to keep buried. Little do they know, that's the kind of secret Augusta (Gus) Monet can't resist.

Dani and six friends gather at "Celestial Ranch," eighteen acres of rugged mountainside, where they'll spend three days relaxing. But as the weekend unfolds, old secrets emerge.

Holt Davidson, a Kansas firefighter, hasn't been back to his hometown of Thompsonville, Colorado, for more than two decades, but when he learns that his estranged mother has taken her own life, he returns for the funeral, hoping to make peace with her memory. He spends the night at his childhood home, rummaging through each room, exploring the past. But instead of nostalgic souvenirs, he discovers a gun, a love letter, and a Polaroid photograph of a man lying in his own blood. Who is the dead man? Was his mother the one who killed him, and, if so, why?

When two couples on the cusp of mid-life decide it is time for a collective move north, it means a fresh start for them all. But as the reality of their new living arrangements slowly sinks in, the four friends face their own mid-life crises, and the dream becomes a nightmare.

"Was it the death of her dog, Bloom, or was she just tired of her routine as a dentist? Or perhaps her depression was the result of her (mostly) unrequited love for her former piano teacher, Bruno? As Robin contemplates a sabbatical to see puffins in Newfoundland, a fateful google search puts everything on hold.