December 1992.
Under mysterious circumstances, a student disappears straight from the campus of a prestigious boarding school—Vinka Rockwell. They say she ran away with Alexis Kleman, the teacher she was reportedly in love with. And only a few people know the terrible secret: Vinka couldn’t have run away with Kleman because he was murdered the very same night.
May 2017.
The school is celebrating an anniversary. Tom Degale, a writer and alumnus, returns to his hometown for the reunion. For 25 years, he has been haunted by the secret of Vinka’s disappearance—she’s the one he was in love with. And conscience torment doesn’t let him go either—he knows better than anyone the circumstances of Kleman’s death. And he really doesn’t want those circumstances to become known to anyone.
On the night of May 13–14, Tom will unravel the mystery that has haunted him for a quarter of a century—at a very costly price.