First published 2010
Thirteen-year-old Evie never makes it home from the school playground. Police turn to her best friend Lizzie for answers about what happened that day when the two girls parted ways. As investigators press for details, Lizzie begins recovering memories that might unlock the mystery. Evie had confided disturbing secrets about a strange man who waited outside her window each night. The girls had noticed a car following them. Lizzie struggles to piece together these fragments while police search for her missing friend. The interrogation forces Lizzie to confront what she really knew about Evie's life and the dangers that surrounded them both. Abbott explores the intense bonds between teenage girls and the secrets they keep from the adult world.
Genres: mystery, crime, contemporary, psychological-thriller
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: unreliable-narrator
Setting: School Playground
Period: 21st-Century
240 pages · Paperback · Prószyński i S-ka
Content warnings: anxiety, depression, mental-illness