pp 464 Mass Market Paperback; excellent condition; uncreased spine; clean pages; no edgewearEver since her father was killed in a home invasion, Julia Jules Farentino has been plagued by nightmares. Her half-sister, Shaylee, now seventeen, has had her own difficulties, earning a lengthy rap sheet. Still, when Jules learns of her mothers decision to send Shay to Blue Rock Academy, an elite boarding school in Oregon, Jules is skeptical. A student went missing a few months earlier and there are rumors she may have died during one of the schools questionable treatments. On impulse, Jules applies for a teaching job at the Academy. Shortly before she arrives, a student is found hanged, another near death. Hysterical, Shay believes its murder. Staff members are wary and unwelcomingall except Cooper Trent, who has his own suspicions, his own secrets, and was once Juless lover. Then another girl is found dead. Something sinister is at handbut Jules may be too late to stop it. Behind the Academys idyllic veneer lurks an evil force on a brutal and terrifying mission. And Jules has become the next target of a bloodthirsty killer without limits, without remorse, without mercy . . .