This breakout, award-winning novel from New York Times best-selling author Jodi Picoult received glowing praise from critics. Kirkus Reviews called it ³an affecting study of obsession, loss, and some of the more wrenching varieties of guilt,² while People praised it as ³engrossing.² The Hartes and the Golds have been neighbors for 18 years and are very close. So when Chris and Emily¹s friendship reaches the next level, nobody is surprised. Then one night, the hospital calls. Seventeen-year-old Emily is dead‹shot in the head by a gun Chris took from his father¹s cabinet. One bullet remains in the chamber, and Chris tells of his suicide pact with Emily. But the police have questions, and soon Chris is on trial for murder.