Juliet Townsend is used to losing. Back in high school, she lost every track team race to her best friend, Madeleine Bell. Ten years later, she€s still running behind, stuck in a dead-end job cleaning rooms at the Mid-Night Inn, a one-star motel that attracts only the cheap or the desperate. But what life won€t provide, Juliet takes.Â
Then one night, Maddy checks in. Well-dressed, flashing a huge diamond ring, and as beautiful as ever, Maddy has it all. By the next morning, though, Juliet is no longer jealous of Maddy€"she€s the chief suspect in her murder.
To protect herself, Juliet investigates the circumstances of her friend€s death. But what she learns about Maddy€s life might cost Juliet everything she didn€t realize she had.