When Timberly Godfrey arrives in Palm Desert in June of 1987 to spend the summer with her newly-sober mother, she has no idea just how liberating the change of scenery would prove to be. For the first time in her fourteen years she feels a sense of peace and joy. Her noxious eighth grade year living next to the freeway in Redlands with her abusive father was one betrayal after another. Reuniting with her beloved mother in the desert oasis is like being let out of jail into paradise; everything the teen ever dreamed of and more. When August finally comes, Timberly can't bear returning to her previous life, so she and Katie move into a two bedroom apartment together on Alessandro Drive . But shortly after enrolling in Palm Desert High , a brand new school just up the road, the disappearance of two local girls rocks the wealthy community and ignites an obsession with mysteries in the anxious freshman that grows stronger with each passing semester. Then, dur...