First published 2026
Four students died in a brutal attack in Moscow, Idaho on November 13, 2022. The nation watched as investigators worked the case. A suspect eventually accepted a plea bargain. Case closed, justice served. But Christopher Whitcomb sees problems with this tidy conclusion. He examines court records, witness statements, and investigative timelines. He finds inconsistencies that were apparently overlooked. He discovers evidence that was minimized or ignored. Critical leads went unexplored as pressure mounted to close the high-profile case. The official narrative hardened while alternative explanations disappeared. Whitcomb asks whether there was more than one killer. He questions if the crime scene was cleaned before police arrived. He wonders if furniture was staged to mislead detectives. The book challenges readers to reconsider what happened in the house on King Road. It explores what occurs when the rush to judgment overtakes the search for truth.
Genres: mystery, crime, non-fiction, 21st-century
Vibes: suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: unreliable-narrator
Setting: Moscow, Idaho
Period: November 13, 2022
448 pages · Hardcover · Harper Select
Content warnings: murder