For fans of The Secret History and How to Get Away With Murder comes a bold new voice in suspense fiction.
After a decade as a prosecutor, Meredith Delay is burned out and restless. She's sharp, skilled, and driven—but the emotional toll of the job is wearing her thin. Her boyfriend wants more than she's ready to give, and she's starting to question everything.
Then she's assigned a headline-grabbing murder case involving a disgraced hockey star—and everything changes. What first appears to be just another trial becomes deeply personal when the defendant turns out to be Julian, an old law school friend.
Once inseparable, Meredith, Julian, Jonathan, and Lily shared a complicated bond during their student days. Now, Jonathan is defending Julian in court, Lily's allegiance is uncertain, and Meredith is stuck in the middle.
When Julian relies on a rare, high-stakes legal defense, the trial forces Meredith to revisit the past they’ve all tried to forget. Did a game they once played in law school spiral into something deadly?
