First published 2017
Kate Baron gets a phone call from her daughter's elite private school. Amelia faces suspension, which makes no sense. Amelia has always been a dedicated student who follows the rules. Kate drives to the school expecting to discuss disciplinary action. Instead she finds police cars lining the street. Officers tell her that Amelia jumped from the school roof and died by suicide. Kate struggles to process this devastating news. Her accomplished daughter seemed to have everything going for her. Then someone sends Kate a message days later. The anonymous sender claims Amelia did not jump. Someone pushed her. Kate must decide whether to believe this stranger or accept the official explanation. She begins investigating what really happened to Amelia in her final days. The search forces Kate to confront how little she knew about her daughter's inner life and the pressures Amelia faced.
Genres: mystery, contemporary, psychological-thriller, family-drama
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Elite Private School
Period: Contemporary
483 pages · Paperback · Nocturna Ediciones
Content warnings: mental-illness, suicide