The story starts out with four teenagers working the night shift at Blockbuster Video, 3 are murdered, one gets away. The author lets you get to know all of the characters throughout the book your interest is vested in each which keeps you glued to the story to find out what happens to them, especially after the first lot are murdered. Flash forward to 15 years later and while the original crime remained an open-ended case as the killer was never found, there are tie-ins to the lone survivor of the Blockbuster murder, the main person of interest who left town and remained in a non-descript location as evidence pointed at his guilt but he swore he was innocent and did not want to be railroaded because of circumstantial incriminating evidence (ie. he was the boyfriend of one of the girls killed and they were witnessed arguing on the parking lot). His brother still defends his innocence of the crime 15 years later but FBI agent, Sarah Keller is determined to find out the truth of what happened and who is responsible. A good step-by-step investigation with lots of starts, stops and bumps in the road to finding justice served for all involved. A good story, I recommend it to those who enjoy murder mysteries and any alums from Blockbuster Days will be amused by all the idiosyncrasies of life on the job at a video store. Think "Clerks" meets Stephen King. I recommend it to Middle Schoolers on up reading-wise, though I doubt anyone under 25 years of age will get the idea of a video store since the concept hasn't existed in their lifetime and they would have been too young to see the last one go out of business.
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