This mystery novel is a thinly-disguised story about a mother/daughter relationship. The mother, Cam Blue, works as a counselor in a public high school in a small town in the Midwest. She is a closeted lesbian who lives a secret life next door to her longtime partner. Between them, they have 6 teenagers. The murder plot unveils the multiple dimensions of high school life, a world unto itself, richly layered with many secrets of its own.