Skylar Jay is just like every girl. She is smart and a track star. Some people would describe her life has perfect. Everything is great at school. But that all changes as soon as Skyler walks through the door. Skylars younger sister, Liza has schizophrenia. She sees things nobody else sees. One mintues she is her normal 11 year old self, but the next she could be a completely different age and gender. Skylar and her single mom, Jenn have to take care of Liza. But things quickly go down hill when Liza gets worse and worse and starts becoming more and more people and things.
Adele knows she witnessed a murder - what she doesn't know is just how personal it is.
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A girl was brutally murdered in the basement of a sorority house in spring 2011. Adele Theroux thinks she saw the killer - and the killer definitely saw her. What she doesn't know is why this all happened and who this guy is. As she tries to solve the mystery from a distance while in witness protection, the connections keep getting weirder and more personal. Might she be able to relate to the killer in a way that no one else can? And what does that mean about her own psyche?
*2019 Watty Award for Mystery/Thriller*
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Cover designed by April Alforque