Blood trumps friendship... especially once it's been spilledIt's 1968: Billy McCaskill is sixteen, growing up in Rhode Island, and enjoying an idyllic summer in a year of national turmoil. Turmoil that's a world away from bike-riding with pals and finding a first girlfriend. Inseperable from his best friend Paulie, the two embark on a clandestine camp-out on private property reserved for their Boy Braves troop. But they soon stumble upon a corpse, and they recognize who it is. Billy knows the only people who are aware of the place are a handful of troop committee men -- including both their fathers. Even more damning, he finds evidence 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's doubts about his father -- and Paulie's -- begin to mount. Now, somehow, he must save his family by finding out the truth himself before the police 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.