Though I’m more of a journalism girl, Kate’s position as a photographer for her school yearbook and intern at the local district attorney’s office make her feel like a girl after my own heart. We both care about justice and getting the true story out of everything we see and hear. She can be very morally ambiguous at times; she originally neglects to tell her boss Mr. Stone and her mom (his secretary) about her semi-romantic connection to Grant, the murdered prep school boy, because she’s determined to find his killer.

Except that’s not the full story. Elston packs the story with plenty of twists you won’t see coming. As each new twist appears and drives the story forward, you sink deeper into this legal tangle and come to know each of the boys better. I don't even know if most of the book is plausible, especially everything Kate does for her internship (can high schoolers even intern at DA offices?), but I can’t bring myself to care. It’s too much fun to spoil with my usual skepticism!  Grant is a terrible human being and you’ll fully understand why one of his friends offed him. (Did I just say that??!!)

Though the clues to the killer’s identity are much clearer in hindsight, it’s not easy to predict which of the four living River Point boys pulled the trigger. Readers can make a good guess, but they’re unlikely to be certain or feel what information is being kept from them is unreasonable