" Promise me that you're not gonna tell anybody what happened tonight Barbie...Please?" Zachary says to Barbara.
" I promise nobody will find out, don't worry" she promises with tears in her eyes.
The story takes place in New York. Barbara has just returned to New York after three years of living in Florida. She meets with her younger sister Ashley, whose been home since she left.
Barbara and Ashley's father Zachary died in a car accident while he was driving back home with Barbara, but she never told anyone what really happened to her dad on that night.
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