First published 2025
Maya Mason returns to Princeton University ten years after graduation for what should be a celebration. Her younger sister Naomi is graduating, but the weekend turns deadly when Naomi's body is discovered. Officials call it an accident. Maya suspects murder. She learns that Naomi joined the same secret society Maya belonged to a decade earlier. The same society where another member died years ago. Maya launches her own investigation, following clues that drag her back into a past she wants to forget. The secrets she has carried for ten years now threaten everything in her present. They have reached the one person she swore to protect above all others. As Maya digs deeper into the society's activities, she confronts a terrible possibility. She may bear responsibility for her sister's tragic fate.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, contemporary, thriller, academic
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Princeton University
Period: 10 Years Ago
384 pages · Paperback · Constable
Content warnings: death, murder