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A suspenseful drama about an immigrant family caught in a criminal investigation, perfect for readers of Everything I Never Told You.

"With subtlety, humor & piercing insight, Vibhuti Jain creates a propulsive page-turner that will touch your heart. A must-read!" —Jean Kwok, author of Searching for Sylvie Lee

Babur "Bobby" Singh, single parent & owner of fledging Uber business "Move with Bobby," remains ever hopeful about ascending the ladder of American success. He lives in an affluent suburb of New York with his daughter Angie, an introverted teenager who is uncomfortable in her own skin unless she's swimming.

During summer break, Angie is walking home after training at the high school pool when she finds Henry McCleary, a classmate from a wealthy, prominent family, stabbed & bleeding on the football field. The police immediately focus their investigation on Chiara Thompkins, a runaway Black girl who disappears after the stabbing and—it’s later discovered—wasn’t properly! enrolled inthe public high school.

The incident sends shock waves through
the community & reveals jarring truths about the lengths to which families will go to protect themselves. As the town fractures, Angie must navigate conflicting narratives & wrestle with her own moral culpability. Meanwhile, Babur’s painstaking efforts to shield Angie & protect his hard-earned efforts to assimilate overshadow his ability to see right from wrong.

Alternating between multiple perspectives, the novel is a pulsating story about a father & daughter re-examining their familial bonds & place in the community. Both a gripping page-turner & an intimate portrait of an immigrant family, Vibhuti Jain’s provocative debut explores how easily friendships, careers, communities, & individual lives can unravel when the toxicity of privilege & racial bias are exposed.