Chiara Williams, a high school student at Belleville High. She's always at the top of the class, she's captain of the soccer team, she joins clubs and tutors. She's the perfect daughter alongside her sister, Megan Williams who's captain of the cheerleading team and is an honor student but what Chiara doesn't know is that Megan isn't as perfect as she thinks. Megan has some secrets of her own. When Megan gets killed, Chiara makes it her goal to find out who did it all with the help of Kian, Megan's so called ex.
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