Billy just discovered a body. Discovering the truth could be worse. It's 1968: Billy McCaskill is sixteen, on theverge of scoring his driver's license, and enjoying an idyllic summer in a yearof national turmoil. Turmoil that's a world away from his life with pals and findinga girlfriend. Inseparable from his best friend Paulie, that August the two sneakoff on a clandestine camp-out on private property reserved for their Boy Bravestroop. But they soon stumble upon a corpse, and they recognize who the victim is. Billy knows the only people who are aware of the place are a handful of troopcommittee men -- including both their fathers. Even more damning, he findsevidence near the shallow grave that could point to his father's involvement --a discovery he conceals from Paulie. Once the police are called in, Billy'sdoubts about his father -- and Paulie's -- begin to mount. Now, somehow, he must decide what to do: lie and save his family, tell thetruth to the police, or find out himself what really happened. Before thepolice do. If you liked the suspense of Stephen King's The Body, or Dennis Lehane's Mystic River, then you'll relish Little Sins. A gripping novel of lost innocence and impossible choices.
