The opening chapter causes the reader’s stomach to flip with dread and anxiety as the teenaged boy Eric receives a series of mysterious and creepy phone calls, followed by an email with a photo of Eric’s bedroom. As Eric has the realization that “Whoever had taken the picture had been in his room”, the reader is hooked.

Told in the third person, the story centers around three teens, Eric, Shelly, and Fatima.   The three teens, from different high schools, meet while on suspension and are attending the same bullying intervention program. The three team up to discover the anonymous caller who threatens them with revealing photos or writings from their personal pasts.  The reader is kept in suspense as to WHAT the secrets are that the three kids are trying so desperately to keep secret.

This novel is full of suspense, mystery, blackmail, and bullying.  The three teens are unlikely bullies, and the reader feels empathy for them, as they do things they hate to do but don’t feel they have a choice about.

Two of the characters are somewhat stereotypical (Eric is a jock, Shelly is Goth), while the third character, Fatima is a Muslim-American girl, and seeing the situation from her cultural viewpoint adds diversity and interest.

For those readers who enjoy this book, it is likely that there will be a sequel: the final scene sets up that possibility.