House on fire
Kistler, Bonnie
Genre:
Divorce lawyer Leigh Huyett knows all too well that most second marriages are doomed to fail. But five years in
she and Pete Conley have a perfectly blended family of her children and his. To celebrate their anniversary
they grab some precious moments of alone time and leave Pete’s son Kip
a high school senior
in charge of Leigh’s fourteen-year-old daughter Chrissy at their home. Driving back on a rainy Friday night
their cell phones start ringing. After a raucous party celebrating his college acceptance to Duke and his upcoming birthday
Kip was arrested for drunk driving after his truck crashed into a tree. And he wasn’t alone—Chrissy was with him. Twelve hours later
Chrissy is dead and Kip is charged with manslaughter. Kip has always been a notorious troublemaker
but he’s also a star student with a dazzling future ahead of him. At first
Leigh does her best to rally behind Pete and help Kip through his ordeal. Until he changes his story
and claims that he wasn’t driving after all—Chrissy was
and he swears there is a witness. Leigh is stunned that he would lie about such a thing
while Pete clutches onto the story as the last
best hope to save his son
throwing his energy and money into finding this elusive witness. As they hurtle toward Kip’s trial date
husband and wife are torn between loyalty to their children and to each other
while the mystery of what really happened that night intensifies.
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