Book 2 in the Eamon Cowan Series. The body of a young schoolgirl is found floating in a reservoir, killed by a drug overdose. Eamon Cowan is asked to go to the school to run a writer's workshop, and, undercover, to see if he can find out more about the girl involved. Slowly, the complicated life and activities of the girl emerge, and with the assistance of Detective Inspector Anderson, the reason for her murder emerges. More girls in the school are drawn into the investigation, as are boys from another school nearby. Suspects are tracked down, but, the murder remains unsolved, until a final twist reveals all.
