First published 2018
Kerry Dowling hosts a party while her parents travel out of town. The eighteen-year-old ends up dead, discovered fully clothed in her family's swimming pool. Police focus on her boyfriend, who fought bitterly with Kerry during the party. They also examine a twenty-year-old neighbor who grew angry when Kerry excluded him from the celebration. Kerry's twenty-eight-year-old sister Aline works as a guidance counselor and refuses to let the investigation stall. She decides to help the Prosecutor's Office uncover what really happened that night. Aline pushes deeper into the mystery, but her amateur detective work attracts dangerous attention. The real killer may still be hiding, and Aline's search for justice puts her directly in harm's way. As she gets closer to the truth about Kerry's death, Aline discovers that solving her sister's murder might cost her own life.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, contemporary
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: amateur-detective, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Family's Swimming Pool
Period: Present Day
256 pages · Hardcover · Simon & Schuster
Content warnings: death, murder