<b>What if saving one friend will destroy another?</b><br />A sleepy rural settlement sits in the crook of Pirongia mountain, trapped in a time warp of indifference. But someone there is a killer. They walk the streets and eat in the local cafe. And they murdered a boy.<br /><br />Four teenage friends bide their time until they can escape the back country, dreaming of a life together in the city. They cling to each other for security, creating their own fragile family in a hostile world. But two of them have a secret which will change everything.<br /><br />And somebody else knows.<br /><br />As alibis crumble and fingers point too close to home, Deleilah Dereham must find out who killed the boy on the mountain.<br /><br />She must, or risk having her own secrets revealed.