As a quiet Colorado morning dawns, snow covers high school freshman Lucinda Hayes' dead body on a playground carousel. The murder of Broomsville's golden girl sends the sleepy town reeling. Three outsiders emerge from the shadows, their lives linked by invisible threads. Cameron Whitley loves Lucinda. To any onlooker, his relationship to her could be described as 'stalking', but he's convinced that he knows her better than anyone. But when Cameron can't recall the night of Lucinda's death, he begins to fear the power of this thing he calls love. Jade Dixon-Burns hates Lucinda. Popular and beautiful, Lucinda took everything from Jade. Could Lucinda's death be a result of Jade's spite? Officer Russ Fletcher doesn't know Lucinda. But as he begins to investigate Lucinda's murder, his past itches at his conscience and he is forced to face long-buried truths of his own. This book is about more than solving a murder mystery; it's about love and loneliness, obsession and heartbreak, about all of the ways people connect and the ways they don't. The tension builds to an almost unbearable level as their stories are revealed. This gripping debut will keep you turning the pages faster than your eyes can read, but it also marks the first outing of an extraordinary new talent.