The Counselors

Goldie Easton spends every summer at Camp Alpine Lake, and this year she returns as a counselor. The camp is the lifeline of her small town, supplying jobs, money and status to the whole region. Her parents both work there, so she has seen the benefits up close, though the campers are rich kids whose powerful parents pay five-figure tuition to leave them for eight weeks.

Goldie counts the days until her best friends, Ava and Imogen, arrive. She is carrying a dark secret and needs their comfort more than ever. She is not the only one hiding something, though.

Late one night a teenager is found dead. Goldie is certain it was no accident, and she knows one of her closest friends was there when it happened. Her questions get her no answers. They only strain a friendship that has lasted most of her life, and they uncover betrayals and dangers she never expected.

This is a young adult mystery with a twisty plot, built around three friends and an elite summer camp where a body turns up in the lake. The setting mixes privilege with the resentment of the locals who serve it. The mood is tense and secretive, and the suspicion falls on people Goldie trusts most.