First published 2026
The McClain family barn holds two bodies after another wild party goes wrong. Seventeen-year-old Sadie Cooper lies dead in her twin sister Jayne's arms. Her killer Mason Vreeland is also dead, shot by Sadie's boyfriend Ben while trying to save her. The case looks straightforward until the police interviews begin. Jayne, Ben, and Sadie's best friend Liz each tell their version of what happened that night and the days before. Small details clash between their stories. Minor inconsistencies grow into major contradictions. Someone is lying, but which witness and for what reason? The truth emerges when Sadie herself speaks from the days before her death. She reveals what really led to that fatal night at the barn. Sadie missed the crucial signs that sealed her fate, but readers get to see everything she overlooked.
Genres: fiction, drama, mystery, thriller, young-adult
Vibes: dark, emotional, gritty, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: death-of-protagonist, multiple-perspectives, mystery-unraveling, unreliable-narrator
Setting: McClain family barn
304 pages · Hardcover · Simon Pulse
Content warnings: death, murder, violence