I Shot the Devil
FIVE WENT INTO THE WOODS. TWO NEVER CAME BACK. Erin Sloane was sixteen when high school senior Andre Villiers was murdered by his friends. They were her friends too, led by the intense, charismatic Ricky Hell. Five people went into West Cypress Woods the night Andre was murdered. Only three came out. Ativan, alcohol, and time have dimmed Erin’s memories of that night. But nearly twenty years later, an aging father brings her home. Now a journalist, she is asked to write a story about the Southport Three and the thrill-kill murder that electrified the country. As Erin investigates, she is drawn closer and closer to a terrifying truth—and closer and closer to danger. An unforgettable story of murder, trauma, and lost childhoods, I Shot the Devil is a taut, prizewinning debut novel from an electrifying new talent.