Come close. No, closer. And you might figure this out. Here are the facts:
Friday afternoon, everyone at Roosevelt High School knew about Daniel Patrick's party. Saturday night, almost every Senior attended that party. Sunday morning, most of them woke up hungover. Monday morning, Francisco Salazar was reported missing. Four days later, his body was found.
The only clues the police and the students have are the following:
Francisco spent the night of the party with five other students:
Bailey Phillips, the all-star athlete, Jake Owens, the school genius, Naya Mendoza, the beauty queen, Viktor Henderson, the criminal, and Harry Ellis, the class clown. And they have no memory of what happened that night.
Have you figured it out yet?
Don't worry, neither have they.
The worst hangover of their lives could result in a desperate attempt to clear their names as murderers, but no matter how hard they try, eventually the truth will arise - all of it.
The perfect girl. The perfect life. The perfect murder.
Caitlyn Coates had it all-beauty, brains, money, and a future as dazzling as her smile. With Yale on the horizon and graduation just weeks away, she should have been celebrating. Instead, she's dead. All that remains of Highland Park High's golden girl is a pinky finger, a clump of hair, and a red silk thong-clues that ignite a media frenzy and leave her affluent Chicago suburb reeling.
Enter Detective Brandon, a seasoned cop with little patience for gossip and even less for lies. But in a community where appearances mean everything, everyone has a secret worth protecting. Paired with an eager rookie and hounded by relentless press coverage, Detective Brandon must navigate a web of privilege, envy, and betrayal to uncover the truth.
Told through multiple perspectives-including Caitlyn's own chilling voice from beyond the grave-this twisting psychological thriller reveals that the deadliest lies aren't the ones spoken aloud, but the ones left unsaid.
Highland Park has always looked perfect from the outside. But peel back the glossy surface, and you'll find that perfection can be deadly.