Summary

The novel takes place in the present day or near future. The story’s geographical location is not stated, but it resembles the wealthy semi-rural suburbs of New England or New York. The narrator is a teenage girl named Eve, nicknamed Evie. Her parents are currently staying in a large, opulent rental house near a lake. The house was originally built by wealthy industrialists in the 1800s. The other renters in the house are friends whom Evie’s parents originally know from college. It is summer, and Evie spends her days with the teenage children of the other parents. The teenagers have invented a game where they try to deduce which of the adults are the other teenagers’ parents. If the players correctly deduce another player’s parents, that player is eliminated from the game. The other teenagers are named Jen, Terry, Sukey, Rafe...