How Will I Know You?

On a cold December day in northern upstate New York, the body of high school senior Joy Enright is discovered in the woods at the edge of a pond. She had been presumed drowned, but an autopsy shows that she was, in fact, strangled. As the investigation unfolds, four characters tell the story from widely divergent perspectives: Susanne, Joy's mother and a professor at the local art college; Martin, a black graduate student suspected of the murder; Harper, Joy's best friend and a potential eyewitness; and Tom, a rescue diver and son-in-law of the town's police chief. As a web of small-town secrets comes to light, a dramatic conclusion reveals the truth about Joy's death.

Intr-o zi rece de decembrie in nordul statului New York, corpul liceului Joy Enright este descoperit in padurile de la marginea unui iaz. Se presupusese inecata, dar o autopsie arata ca, de fapt, a fost sugrumata.