Brigit “Bunny” McClain has been the center of attention, one way or another, her entire life. So when she walks into school, couture-soaked and smug, the Monday after being crowned Hanford High School’s Bituminous Coal Queen, she expects to be greeted as a celebrity. Instead, she learns that her frenemy and rival, Chrissy Anderson, threw herself into the river in the early hours of the morning.

Or did she? Everyone has a version of the truth. But before long, one thing is clear:

Chrissy’s disappearance is only one thread in a much larger story—one woven from friendship, rivalry, and the damage a small town can keep hidden in plain sight.