With his help, Pip digs deeper, unveiling unsavory facts about Andie and the real reason Sal’s friends couldn’t provide him with an alibi. Unable to ignore the gaps in the case, Pip sets out to prove Sal’s innocence, beginning with interviewing his younger brother, Ravi. Andie’s body was never recovered, and Sal was assumed by most to be guilty of abduction and murder. The original investigation concluded with most of the evidence pointing to Sal, who was found dead in the woods, apparently by suicide. For her senior capstone project, Pip researches the disappearance of former Fairview High student Andie, last seen on April 18, 2014, by her younger sister, Becca. Pip has known and liked Sal since childhood he’d supported her when she was being bullied in middle school. Characters are minimally described and racially ambiguous.Ī fast-paced thriller to keep readers on the edges of their seats.Įveryone believes that Salil Singh killed his girlfriend, Andrea Bell, five years ago-except Pippa Fitz-Amobi. The characters take readers on a journey that interrogates consent, bullying, and, ultimately, friendship. With pulsing dialogue and believable action, the thriller raises the stakes at every turn. When people go missing and a body is found, this satisfyingly gripping cautionary tale with multiple unreliable narrators in which nobody is what they seem ramps up. Jessica’s heartbroken, but there are worse things to be: Jake is 17, Tegan is 18, the video that is now doing the rounds qualifies as child pornography, and the FBI is involved. Jake goes looking for Jessica, but he ends up in bed with Tegan-and worse, his betrayal is livestreamed for everyone at the party to watch on the TV downstairs, Jessica included.
At a drugs- and alcohol-fueled party hosted by Tegan Sheffield, Jessica’s former best friend who is also Jake’s ex-girlfriend, the pair have a fight and go their separate ways. Northern California’s Crystal Cove has a coastline with brutal waves, chilly shark-filled water, and riptides, all setting the scene for a dangerous location where a last summer get-together before school starts can easily escalate into something deadly.
Jessica Sanchez and Jake Healy are their small town’s most Instagrammable couple, but they are only hoping for a quiet start to their senior year.
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