House on fire : a novel
(Book)

"In the bestselling tradition of Jodi Picoult and Celeste Ng, a tightly wound and suspenseful novel about a blended family in crisis after a drunk driving accident leaves the daughter of one parent dead--and the son of the other parent charged with manslaughter."--Publisher annotation.

Five years in, Leigh Huyett and Pete Conley have a perfectly blended family of her children and his. To celebrate their anniversary, they grab some precious moments of alone time and leave Pete's son Kip, a high school senior, in charge of Leigh's daughter Chrissy. Then they get the calls-- after a raucous party celebrating his college acceptance to Duke and his upcoming birthday, Kip was arrested for drunk driving after his truck crashed into a tree. Now Chrissy is dead and Kip is charged with manslaughter. Then Kip claims that he wasn't driving-- Chrissy was. Leigh and Pete are torn between loyalty to their children and to each other. -- adapted from jacket.