Characters
What is the name of Pips best friend who helps with some research?
Cara Ward
Pip chooses to investigate the Andie Bell case for this school assignment.
Capstone Project
Pip discovers Andie Bell secretly used this item to hide part of her life from friends and family
Second phone
What is Pip’s core motivation for researching the case?
She believes Sal was innocent
In what town does the story take place?
Little Kilton
Who is the local journalist Pip interviews
Stanley Forbes
What job did Andie secretly have?
Dealing Drugs
What secret does Nat reveal that becomes important?
Andie blackmailed her
What motivates Ravi to help Pip?
Clearing his brother’s name
Pip secretly gathers much of her early evidence by doing this instead of relying on official police files.
Interviewing people
This character was accused of murdering Andie Bell before taking his own life.
Sal Singh
Pip secretly enters this house to look for information connected to Andie Bell.
Andie Bells House
Pip studies this security footage to help track Andie Bell’s movements before she disappeared.
School parking lot/ CCTV footage
What’s the relationship between Jason Bell and Andie
Father and daughter, but estranged
Pip’s project turns dangerous when she begins receiving this kind of warning meant to scare her off the case.
Threats
Pip often works with this younger brother of Sal Singh during her investigation
Ravi Singh
Pip realizes the timeline of Andie Bell’s disappearance may be wrong after uncovering new information about this party.
Calamity Party
This rumor about Andie Bell’s secret relationships becomes an important lead in Pip’s investigation.
Andie was secretly dating older guys
The novel shows how this can spread quickly through a small town and affect people’s lives.
Gossip
Pip starts noticing inconsistencies in the case when she realizes parts of this were never fully checked or explained.
Original police timeline
What is Stanley Forbes‘ online username in the case forums?
KillerguyStan
What was the threatening message Pip recieved?
Stop digging
Pip interviews people connected to Andie in order to uncover this type of information about the night she vanished.
Alibis
Sal Singh’s reputation after Andie’s disappearance highlights the theme of this unfair treatment.
Prejudice
This setting detail becomes important because it limits what people could realistically see or hear on the night Andie Bell disappeared, making witness accounts unreliable.
The woods/ isolated rural areas