He is caught in a trap of his own making.

On a hot night in July a teenaged girl is murdered. She'll be found one month later by two roofers, her lifeless eyes staring at the moldy interior of an abandoned tool shed. The young men responsible for her being there are two unlikely partners in crime, each with something to prove. Kevin Rayland is the cowardly son of a decorated police officer, whereas Jasper Monroe is a bully with a violent history.

High on drugs and alcohol, neither knows who dealt the deathblow when they played their favorite game.

Unable to prove his innocence, Kevin reluctantly agrees to pay his lifelong friend for his vow of silence. But as time goes by a hard life takes its toll on him. Then, and only then, he understands how effortlessly Jasper tricked him into taking the blame. The last straw in their friendship is when he finds out about the comfortable life Jasper has been living due to the ongoing monthly payments. In order to put an end to the blackmail Kevin would have to take a risk. (formerly titled Killing Summer)

NOTE: Set in the fictitious town of Point Jove this gripping story can be read either before or after the Rhone Justice trilogy: Scent of Smoke, Sound of Fires, Sight of Ashes

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