People Like Us

Kay Donovan has built a new identity at Bates Academy, where athletic success and a powerful circle of friends help keep her earlier life at a distance. Discovering a girl’s body in a lake threatens that carefully managed separation. A digital scavenger hunt left by the dead student begins exposing connections and directing suspicion toward people around Kay, eventually drawing her into the investigation herself. Each new clue makes it harder to preserve the version of herself she wants others to see. Within the competitive world of a private school, friendship and attraction become tangled with fear and self-protection. Kay must navigate a mystery in which her own concealed history may be impossible to keep buried.