Addie has always been shy and self loathing. When she was 9, Val Adler moved next door. Gawky and skinny, Val fascinated Addie with her confidence and indifference toward what people thought of her. Addie was thrilled that Val chose to become friends with her, when she had no other friends. All that changed in high school when Val became one of the popular kids, and only sporadically saw Addie until one day during an incident senior year, Val further ostracized the already mercilessly mocked Addie and they never spoke again

Now fifteen years later, Val shows up on Addie's doorstep asking for her help in covering up a crime that nobody is even sure has been committed. Addie is angry initially at Val's gall, but finds that she's missed her friend, no matter the pain she caused. The two go on the lam while the town police department tries to track down evidence of what happened the night of their fifteen year reunion, and if a crime was committed with no victim in sight, and only blood and a belt to indicate a crime was ever committed.

This book was interesting going back and forth in time and being told from several different character's viewpoints. The pain and loss in Addie's life is deep and profound, as is her loneliness. The selfishness of Val is appalling, yet in a way she too is likeable. She seems to have come by her self centeredness honestly with an emotionally distant father and a flaky mother always looking for the next man in her life. I didn't feel very emotionally connected to the book but it was a quick fun read, and the scenes while Val and Addie were on the lam were hilarious as were the scenes involving the bumbling of the sometimes less than competent police force trying to find out if there was a crime. Very enjoyable novel, and I'd definitely read a sequel if the author wrote a follow up with these characters.