"A juicy creep-a-thon . . . builds to a suprising cliffhanger ending." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) At first, it sounds like the answer to a parent's prayers: an elite boarding school in the Oregon mountains where wayward kids turn their lives around. But behind the idyllic veneer lie disturbing rumors of missing students and questionable treatments. "A NAIL-BITING ROLLER-COASTER RIDE." --Library Journal Jules Farentino knows her half-sister, Shaylee, has been going off the rails lately. She's just not sure Blue Rock Academy is the answer. Accepting a teaching position there lets Jules keep an eye on Shay, but also confirms her fears. One student is found hanged, another near death. Something sinister is at hand--and Jules may already be too late to stop it. "THE BOOK'S ENDING WILL THROW MOST READERS FOR A LOOP." --The Free Lance-Star As a brutal snowstorm sweeps in, cutting off the remote campus from the rest of the world, Jules will discover the Academy's dark secrets, and confront a murderous evil without limits, without remorse, without mercy . . .
