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All Ellie knows is she must make everyone, including herself, believe. . . 'I didn't start the fire.' Twenty-seven-year-old climate journalist Ellie Stone has spent her life locked in an unending sibling rivalry with her brother, Josh, star athlete and golden boy-turned-drug addict. One night, after their parents leave her to "babysit" Josh, the siblings have a fight and Ellie abandons him. Returning to fetch her forgotten laptop, she finds the house consumed in fire--and Josh burnt beyond recognition. Social media takes this on as a local cause c?l?bre, blaming Ellie since, years ago, she was involved in a blaze that scarred a frenemy in high school. Is history repeating itself? In shock, Ellie can't recall: did she leave a lit cigarette in her family home? The police suspect arson; at first they suspect her. But then, what about the unknown vehicle that was spotted in the driveway as the flames erupted? The only people sympathetic to Ellie are her brother's best pal--who quickly becomes her new romantic partner--and Josh's girlfriend, who lets on that their relationship might not have been what it seemed. Searching for answers, Ellie grows closer to her brother's inner circle and, in the process, discovers secrets that make her question whom to trust, how to stay out of danger, and how to save her own future. With razor-sharp precision, Nicole Bokat again pieces together fiercely drawn characters, psychological landmines and twisty storylines into a fiery psychological suspense that will engulf you with every turned page. "A tumultuous narrative that will confound readers' expectations and keep them guessing."--Kirkus Reviews
About the Author
Nicole Bokat is the author of the novels Redeeming Eve and What Matters Most. Redeeming Eve was nominated for both the Hemingway Foundation/PEN award and the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize for Fiction. She's also published The Novels of Margaret Drabble: This Freudian Family Nexus. She received her PhD from New York University and has taught at NYU, Hunter College, and The New School. Her essays and articles have appeared in The New York Times, Parents magazine, The Forward, and at More.com. She lives with her husband in New Jersey and has two grown sons.
About the Author
Nicole Bokat is the author of the novels Redeeming Eve and What Matters Most. Redeeming Eve was nominated for both the Hemingway Foundation/PEN award and the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize for Fiction. She's also published The Novels of Margaret Drabble: This Freudian Family Nexus. She received her PhD from New York University and has taught at NYU, Hunter College, and The New School. Her essays and articles have appeared in The New York Times, Parents magazine, The Forward, and at More.com. She lives with her husband in New Jersey and has two grown sons.
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