Suburban Secrets

When the shining star pitcher of the girls’ softball team guns down the most popular boy in school, the shockwaves echo beyond the school’s walls. In the wake of the killing, two of the town’s newer residents turn over deeply embedded rocks, exposing a subculture of almost unimaginable horror lurking beneath.  Formerly a nurse with Médecins Sans Frontières, Dolly has become a defender and confidante to dozens of local teenage girls, and she refuses to accept that MaryLou's gunning down Cameron is a typical school shooting. Although MaryLou’s guilt is not in doubt—it’s even captured on the school’s security camera—the girl insists on a trial but inexplicably refuses to cooperate with her defense. Enlisting her troupe of teenagers and the local contacts she has cemented, Dolly calls on all of her resources to get to the truth and to whatever secret MaryLou is guarding. The explosive verdict in Andrew Vachss' Aftershock will blow you away.