Absolute Truth

Brutal murders on successive nights have shocked the small Boston suburb of Drayton. In their aftermath two young women are dead, anguished families will confront a shattering loss, and residents must face the possibility that a serial killer lives among them.

To Brianna Cooper, a reporter for a local weekly, The Drayton Courier, even such horrific crimes would ordinarily mean little more than an assignment; but because the first victim was a close friend, Brianna assumes a greater personal...