Josie, Perri and Kat have been best friends since grade school. When their senior year finally comes around, the three girls should be happy, but the tension between Perri and Kat explodes. Then one fateful day in a girl's bathroom, all three girls are shot. Perri is in critical condition, Josie is in pain from being shot in the foot and Kat is dead.

When the detectives' arrive on the scene and talk to Josie about what happened, they quickly realize that the evidence does not match up to her story. Josie refuses to alter her story and the detectives decide to investigate and try to piece the evidence together.

Will the detectives be able to piece the whole story together? Or will Josie come clean and tell the true story of what really happened that day? Will more lives be destroyed by three young girl's foolishness to be the best at everything?

TO THE POWER OF THREE is a tale about three girls who have been friends forever. They are getting ready to graduate, until that fateful day when murder destroys families, friendships and a community. Ms. Lippman does a great job spinning this suspenseful tale with betrayal, mystery and heart break. The characters are appealing and the plot is thick. The whodunnit of this tale is a unique read when you learn the why and how it happened. The secondary characters are very vital to this tale and endure as much pain and shock when tragedy hits. I have to admit, I cried at the end when the truth came out and how devastating it was for the parents of these three girls.