Witty, realistically foulmouthed dialogue and the suspenseful, well-laid mystery will keep pages turning, as will the budding romance between Flynn and Kaz.Įveryone believes that Salil Singh killed his girlfriend, Andrea Bell, five years ago-except Pippa Fitz-Amobi.

Could someone be responsible for her disappearance? Is she still alive? Can he uncover the truth? Debut novelist Roehrig peoples his sensationalistic, twisty mystery with credible characters, especially narrator Flynn, whose struggles with coming out will resonate with young gay teens in more mundane circumstances. January’s very hot co-worker, Kaz, a Muslim, tells him that January quit her job and was telling lies about Flynn. Investigating on his own, he learns that January had secrets of her own and had begun behaving erratically. The police question him, but Flynn can’t tell the whole truth for fear of making himself look guilty…and revealing his biggest secret: he’s gay. One night, she pressures Flynn to have sex for the first time and breaks it off with him when he refuses.

Since her stepfather, a state senator with national aspirations, moved her family to a mansion and put January in a private school, the two white teens have begun to drift apart. Can Flynn find his missing ex-girlfriend? Or is she worse than missing?įlynn, a sophomore, and his girlfriend, January, started going out the beginning of freshman year.

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