This novel is about a 17-year old girl named Stella who is headstrong, reckless, athletic and possibly a bit of a sociopath. She has only one friend, her best friend Amina, and they've been friends since they were six years old. She lives with her parents - her dad is a pastor in the Swedish church and her mother is a criminal defense attorney. The story unfolds with her father standing outside a courtroom where he has to go in and testify as to whether or not his only daughter has committed a brutal murder of a man who was 15 years older than her. A man nobody in the family knew she was even dating.
It is obvious that Stella's parents have absolutely no idea what she does in her free time and because her dad is a pastor, a lot of things they discover have to be kept hidden from everyone. Lots of secrets in this family, which makes them all suspicious and a little shady. This novel is written from three different perspectives, and will make you wonder just how far each of these people will go to protect the ones they love.
This the first novel published in the United States for this Swedish author, and he has three previous novels and two books for young readers in Sweden. If you like a psychological legal thriller, than this novel is for you!
