First published 2007
Richie Walters and Elaine Murray seemed to have everything. He was the all-American boy, she was the beautiful cheerleader, and together they were the couple everyone admired. Their evening at Lookout Point should have been another romantic night for two young people in love. Instead, it becomes a scene of brutal murder. Richie dies first in an explosion of savage violence. Elaine lives longer, suffering through horrors that make her boyfriend's quick death seem merciful. The double killing shocks the city, but the murders are only the beginning. As investigators dig deeper, they uncover a web of hidden secrets and dark truths. Each revelation proves more dangerous than the last, exposing the kind of corruption that festers beneath a town's respectable surface. The real killer remains free, driven by a bloodlust that won't be satisfied with just two victims.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: dark, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: dark-secrets, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Lookout Point
448 pages · ebook · HarperCollins Publishers
Content warnings: murder, violence