HarperCollins
August 2011
On Sale: August 31, 2011
Featuring: Duncan Shaw; Glenda Johns; Phoebe Hall
352 pages ISBN: 006157662X EAN: 9780061576621 Hardcover Add to Wish List
From the New York Times bestselling author of Hush and the Bailey Weggins mystery series comes a thriller set in a college town where a studentβs death sends one woman on a search for the truth and into the clutches of a frightening secret society.
Phoebe Hallβs Manhattan life has suddenly begun to unravel. Right after her long-term boyfriend breaks off their relationship, sheβs falsely accused of plagiarizing her latest bestselling celebrity biography. Looking for a quiet place to put her life back together, Phoebe jumps at the offer to teach in a sleepy Pennsylvania town at a small private college run by her former boarding school roommate and close friend, Glenda Johns.
But behind the campusβs quiet cafΓs and leafy maple trees lie evil happenings. The body of a female student washes up on the banks of a nearby river, and disturbing revelations begin to surface: accusations from coeds about abuses wrought by a secret society of girls on campus known as The Sixes.. To help Glenda, Phoebe embarks on a search for cluesβa quest that soon raises painful memories of her own boarding school days years ago.
As the investigation heats up, Phoebe unexpectedly finds herself falling for the schoolβs handsome psychology professor, Duncan Shaw. But when nasty pranks turn into deadly threats, Phoebe realizes sheβs in the middle of a real-life nightmare, not knowing whom she can trust and if she will even survive.
Plunging deeper into danger with every step, Phoebe knows sheβs close to unmasking a killer. But with truth comes a terrifying revelation: your darkest secrets can still be uncovered . . . and starting over may be a crime punishable by death.
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