When the answers to a present-day murder lie in the past, seventeen-year-old Lucy must examine a tragic event to prevent more lives from being lost. The rain kept coming, the dam broke, and lives were lost. One was Lucy Michaels's little brother. She was there and while she saved the lives of many young boy scouts, despite being a child herself, she couldn't save him. Eight years later Lucy is graduating from high school. She will compete in an air rifle competition-- but her stepbrother goes missing right before his most important football game. When the missing person search becomes a murder investigation, the clue connect Lucy's ex-boyfriend to the murder. But he couldn't be guilty... could he? Everyone involved has their own secrets-- for if Lucy reveals hers to the wrong person, it could put her life... and the whole town... at risk. -- adapted from jacket

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