To the Power of Three

josie, Perri, And Kat Have Been Inseparable Best Friends Since Third Grade — The Athlete, The Brilliant, Acerbic Drama Queen, And The Popular Beauty With A Heart That Is Open To All Around Her. They Live In An Affluent Suburb Of Baltimore And Enjoy Privileges Many Teenagers Are Denied. But On The Final Day Of School One Of Them Brings A Gun With Her. And When The Police Break Down The Door Of The High School Girls' Bathroom, Locked From The Inside, They Find Two Of The Friends Wounded, One Of Them Critically — And The Third Girl Is Dead.

from One Of The Most Acclaimed Authors Of Crime Fiction Writing Today Comes A Novel Breathtaking In Its Emotional Depth — A Riveting, Powerful, Provocative, And Consistently Surprising Tale Of Secrets, Friendship, And Betrayal That Brilliantly Illuminates A Dark And Chilling Event With Startling Clarity And Unique Empathy.

the New York Times - Marilyn Stasio

… What Lippman Is Really Going For Here Is An Analysis Of Teenage Friendship And How Cultural Pressures Can Twist It Into Something So Ugly It Becomes Lethal. She Shows Great Empathy For The Smart, Fiercely Independent Perri, The Desperate-to-please Josie, And A Few Students Like Eve Muhly, The ''redneck'' Farmer's Child Whose Need For Acceptance Makes Her The Perfect Victim For Vicious Peer Pranks. Eve Might Not Be In The Same Social League As Kat, But She Carries Herself Far More Believably Than That Shadowy Ideal Girl, And Whenever She's On The Scene, The Ritual Cruelties Of High School Take On A Savage Sting.