From New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult&#8212one of the most powerful writers in contemporary fiction&#8212comes a riveting, timely, heartbreaking, and terrifying novel of families in anguish and friendships ripped apart by inconceivable violence.

From New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult&#8212one of the most powerful writers in contemporary fiction&#8212comes a riveting, timely, heartbreaking, and terrifying novel of families in anguish and friendships ripped apart by inconceivable violence.

From New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult&#8212one of the most powerful writers in contemporary fiction&#8212comes a riveting, timely, heartbreaking, and terrifying novel of families in anguish and friendships ripped apart by inconceivable violence.

From New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult&#8212one of the most powerful writers in contemporary fiction&#8212comes a riveting, timely, heartbreaking, and terrifying novel of families in anguish and friendships ripped apart by inconceivable violence.

From New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult&#8212one of the most powerful writers in contemporary fiction&#8212comes a riveting, timely, heartbreaking, and terrifying novel of families in anguish and friendships ripped apart by inconceivable violence.

From New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult&#8212one of the most powerful writers in contemporary fiction&#8212comes a riveting, timely, heartbreaking, and terrifying novel of families in anguish and friendships ripped apart by inconceivable violence.

From New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult&#8212one of the most powerful writers in contemporary fiction&#8212comes a riveting, timely, heartbreaking, and terrifying novel of families in anguish and friendships ripped apart by inconceivable violence.

From New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult&#8212one of the most powerful writers in contemporary fiction&#8212comes a riveting, timely, heartbreaking, and terrifying novel of families in anguish and friendships ripped apart by inconceivable violence.

From New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult&#8212one of the most powerful writers in contemporary fiction&#8212comes a riveting, timely, heartbreaking, and terrifying novel of families in anguish and friendships ripped apart by inconceivable violence.

From New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult&#8212one of the most powerful writers in contemporary fiction&#8212comes a riveting, timely, heartbreaking, and terrifying novel of families in anguish and friendships ripped apart by inconceivable violence.

When midnight calls from the hospital come in, no one is ready for the truth. Emily is dead at seventeen from a gunshot wound to the head. There's a single unspent bullet in the gun that Chris pilfered from his father's cabinet-a bullet that Chris tells police he intended for himself. But a local detective has doubts about the suicide pact that Chris describes.

This extraordinary, heart-rending novel asks questions that every parent faces: How much do we know about our children? Our friends?
What if . . .? As its chapters unfold, alternating between an idyllic past and an unthinkable present, The Pact paints an indelible portrait of families in anguish . . . and creates an astonishingly suspenseful courtroom drama, as Chris finds himself on trial for murder.

It's rare to find a writer who combines Alice Hoffman's gift for evoking everyday life in pellucid prose with a remarkable ability to create a legal page-turner that will keep you up all night reading, but this is such a book. The Pact rings true: wonderfully observed, truly moving, frightening, and utterly impossible to put down.

From New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult&#8212one of the most powerful writers in contemporary fiction&#8212comes a riveting, timely, heartbreaking, and terrifying novel of families in anguish and friendships ripped apart by inconceivable violence.

From New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult&#8212one of the most powerful writers in contemporary fiction&#8212comes a riveting, timely, heartbreaking, and terrifying novel of families in anguish and friendships ripped apart by inconceivable violence.

From New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult&#8212one of the most powerful writers in contemporary fiction&#8212comes a riveting, timely, heartbreaking, and terrifying novel of families in anguish and friendships ripped apart by inconceivable violence.

From New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult&#8212one of the most powerful writers in contemporary fiction&#8212comes a riveting, timely, heartbreaking, and terrifying novel of families in anguish and friendships ripped apart by inconceivable violence.

From New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult&#8212one of the most powerful writers in contemporary fiction&#8212comes a riveting, timely, heartbreaking, and terrifying novel of families in anguish and friendships ripped apart by inconceivable violence.

From New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult&#8212one of the most powerful writers in contemporary fiction&#8212comes a riveting, timely, heartbreaking, and terrifying novel of families in anguish and friendships ripped apart by inconceivable violence.

From New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult&#8212one of the most powerful writers in contemporary fiction&#8212comes a riveting, timely, heartbreaking, and terrifying novel of families in anguish and friendships ripped apart by inconceivable violence.

From New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult&#8212one of the most powerful writers in contemporary fiction&#8212comes a riveting, timely, heartbreaking, and terrifying novel of families in anguish and friendships ripped apart by inconceivable violence.