I have to start out by saying I received this book as Goodreads First-reads winner.

I was pretty excited when I found out I was getting to read and review this book. This is the 3rd book I have read by Tana French and I think it's my favorite so far! It was one of those books that I didn't want to put down but also didn't want to end.

The crime in this story is the murder of Chris Harper, a popular teenage boy attending Colm's boys school. The author alternates the chapters expertly between the present day investigation of the year old murder by 2 detectives and the activities leading up to the murder as seen thru the eyes of 4 best friends at the neighboring girls' school. Each chapter pulls you in and leaves you wanting to know what happens next.

If I had to say anything negative about the story it would be that I don't even think the story needed the "light" thing (don't want to give anything away) but this book is a keeper and I will definitely recommend it!!

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I loved this story, a murder mystery that takes place at a girls boarding school. Boarding schools are wonderful places, so full of good friendships and bad relationships, nice and mean teenagers and teachers, smart and less smart people, history, old buildings, good hiding places, nuns and priests, etc. Nobody can lie like a teenage girl. In this book we meet Detective Conway, and we also revisit Detective Stephen Moran, Detective Frank Mackey, and Frank's daughter Holly Mackey. It's a well-told tale, full of teenage angst and that special time in life when your closest friends are the whole world. As always, Tana French's prose is extraordinary. It provides such a rich sense of place and mood.

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