Jessa Milan knows better than to answer the phone after midnight.
But when her best friend Tori calls from a gas station bathroom, crying, shaking, and begging for one simple favor, Jessa does what she has always done.
She shows up.
Tori needs an alibi. Just for one night. Just long enough to calm things down. Just long enough to keep her dangerous boyfriend, DeMarco, from dragging her name through Houston’s nightlife scene.
So Jessa lies.
By sunrise, DeMarco is dead.
His body is found behind Club Vesper, the same place Jessa clocked out of hours earlier. The police have questions. The internet has theories. And Tori’s story starts shifting every time Jessa gets close to the truth.
Then a message from DeMarco’s phone changes everything: Tell Jessa I know.
Now Jessa is trapped inside a night she barely understands, with a best friend she can barely trust, a club owner who knows too much, and a city full of people eager to turn her into the easiest suspect.
Every clue pulls her deeper.
Every answer costs her more.
And the one person begging Jessa to protect her may be the reason Jessa needs protecting.
In this fast-paced urban mystery from Wynter Rose, loyalty has a price, friendship comes with receipts, and one pretty little alibi could ruin everything.
