This addictive thriller from acclaimed suspense writer Alafair Burke
draws its details from the author's own experiences as a criminal law
professor and deputy district attorney, creating an exhilarating,
true-to-life tale of crime and its consequences.
Sixteen-year-old Julia Whitmire appeared to have everything: a famous
father, a luxurious Manhattan townhouse, a coveted spot at the elite
Casden prep school. When she is found dead in her bathtub, a handwritten
suicide note left on her bed, her parents insists that their daughter
would never take her own life.
Detective Ellie Hatcher will be forced to uncover the truth behind this
apparent suicide, navigating Julia's intriguing connections to both New
York's wealthiest--and its most dispossessed.