Billy just discovered a body. Discovering the truth could be worse. It's 1968: Billy McCaskill's nearly sixteen, on the verge of scoring his driver's license, and enjoying an idyllic summer in a year of national turmoil. Turmoil that's a world away from his life with pals and finding a girlfriend. Inseparable 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. 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. But blood trumps friendship once it's spilled.
Now, somehow, he must decide what to do: lie and save his family, tell the truth to the police, or find out himself what really happened. 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. 
