First published 2012
Henry and Tess find a chilling note in their mailbox: "Destruction is freedom." The message drags them back to their college years when they formed an anarchist art collective called the Destructors with two other friends. The four students lived in a cabin and fed on cruel pranks and destructive acts until their games went too far. Something happened at the dark lake that ended their friendship and buried their secrets for over a decade. Now someone knows what they did. Their nine-year-old daughter Emma talks to someone when her parents aren't watching. The past refuses to stay hidden. Their former victim emerges from the woods to force them to confront what they destroyed and the fear they've carried ever since.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, contemporary, psychological-thriller, dark-academia
Vibes: dark, emotional, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Cabin, Dark Lake
Period: College Years, Decade Later
508 pages · Paperback · BELFOND
Content warnings: abuse, violence