Five high school students are in their evening summer school Psychology class when their heartless and sadistic professor dies. They spend the next three weeks in a state of absolute terror, dread, and crisis as they try to cover up their involvement, avoid implication in the crime, and struggle with the temptation to turn on each other to pin the blame on someone else.

This is a suspenseful nail biter that engages the reader through the very last page, in spite of the somewhat stereotypical characters. There is the “Queen Bee” gorgeous (white) girl, so popular with the boys and envied by the girls; the super brainy girl (black) who has never had a boyfriend; the rich and unemotional (Asian) boy; the handsome (white) juvenile delinquent guy; and the kind, sweet (white) gay boy.

The story is told from all five of their points of view, which makes the book even more engaging.