Erin Sloane was sixteen when high school senior Andre Villiers was murdered by his friends.

They were her friends too, led by the intense, charismatic Ricky Hell. Five people went into West Cypress Woods the night Andre was murdered. Only three came out.

Now a journalist, Erin is asked to write about the Southport Three and the thrill-kill murder that electrified the country nearly twenty years ago. Her investigation propels her closer and closer to a terrifying truth—and closer and closer to danger.