Smart, predictable, responsible Grace has always lived in the shadow of her beautiful, wild, and popular, younger sister. When 16 year-old Nica is murdered Grace is left essentially on her own as her father turns to alcohol and her mother leaves home to pursue her photography career. Drugs help Grace sleep and cope at first, but after one un-Grace like evening when she crashes a party attended by all of Nica’s old friends Grace decides to get clean and start college as planned. A shocking turn of events causes Grace to give up those plans and return to her home town to try and find out who really killed Nica. In the process Grace finds out many more secrets that are being hidden behind the walls of the classy prep school she and Nica attended. Dark Rooms is a haunting, compulsive, beautifully written story where the suspense is not just who killed Nica but also what will happen to Grace.