House on fire

a novel
Bonnie Kistler
Book - 2019

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<U+2019>s son Kip, a high school senior, in charge of Leigh<U+2019>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<U+2019>t alone<U+2014>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<U+2019>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<U+2019>t driving after all<U+2014>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<U+2019>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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kistler, Bonnie (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Atria Books, 2019.
Edition:First Atria Books hardcover edition.
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