A young adult, fictional reimagining of Truman Capote's In Cold
Blood and the brutal murders that inspired it. Gripping and fast-paced,
this meticulously researched historical fiction will reinvigorate a new
generation to Capote.
November is usually quiet in Holcomb, Kansas, but in 1959, the town is
shattered by the quadruple murder of the Clutter family. Suspicion falls
on Nancy Clutter's boyfriend, Bobby Rupp, the last one to see them
alive.
New Yorker Carly Fleming, new to the small Midwestern town, is an
outsider. She tutored Nancy, and (in private, at least) they were close.
Carly and Bobby were the only ones who saw that Nancy was always
performing, and that she was cracking under the pressure of being
Holcomb's golden girl. This secret connected Carly and Bobby. Now that
Bobby is an outsider, too, they're bound closer than ever.
Determined to clear Bobby's name, Carly dives into the murder
investigation and ends up in trouble with the local authorities. But
that's nothing compared to the wrath she faces from Holcomb once the
real perpetrators are caught. When her father is appointed to defend the
killers of the Clutter family, the entire town labels the Flemings as
traitors. Now Carly must fight for what she knows is right.