It’s been ten years since Ollie’s mom and sister were murdered, and nine and a half since her high school boyfriend Ian was found not guilty in a court of law, but less than one since her hometown agreed with the verdict. It turns out they were killed by newly-confessed serial killer Sean Kelly, and whiz kid true crime reporter Len Wilcox is ready to write the book. There’s just one problem: right before Len arrives, recorder in hand, Ollie’s family learns that Kelly has an alibi for that night.
Ollie just wants to get on with her stalled-out life and finally marry Ian, gosh darn it, but now Dad’s suspicious of Ian again, Len seems to think Dad did it, Dad and his new wife just had the biggest fight of their marriage, and there’s something seriously wrong with Ian’s cousin. Can’t Mom and Birdy’s murders be something that happened instead of something still happening? Except Len’s ready to make his career on this, and he doesn’t care whose lives he plows over on the way to the top of the bestseller list … or how wrong his story is, as long as it’s thrilling.
Chapters posted daily starting April 1, 2026
1: Ollie Clark—Friday June 21, 2019 and From Len Wilcox’s draft manuscript
2: Ollie Clark—Friday June 21, 2019 and Excerpts from the first interrogation of Sean Kelly by Detectives Lana Schoellman and Dirk West, November 18, 2018
3: Ollie Clark—Friday June 21, 2019 and From Len Wilcox’s draft manuscript
4: Ollie Clark—Saturday June 22, 2019 and Interview excerpts, Len Wilcox with Kendra (Rajala) Heikkinen, April 12, 2019
5: Ollie Clark—Saturday June 22, 2019 and Interview excerpts, Len Wilcox with Carrie Jameson, March 15, 2019
6: Ollie Clark—Saturday June 22, 2019 and Interview excerpts, Len Wilcox with Agatha Grace, May 23, 2019
7: Ollie Clark—Saturday June 22, 2019 and Interview excerpts, Len Wilcox with Randy Clark, January 6, 2019
8: Ollie Clark—Saturday June 22, 2019 and Interview excerpts, Len Wilcox and Esther Chapman, February 2, 2019
9: Ollie Clark—Sunday June 23, 2019 and Interview excerpts, Len Wilcox with Serena Chapman, April 22, 2019
10: Ollie Clark—Sunday June 23, 2019 and Interview excerpts, Len Wilcox with Jared Chapman, April 27, 2019
11: Ollie Clark—Sunday June 23, 2019 and Interview excerpts, Len Wilcox with Bobbi Rajala, May 14, 2019
12: Interview excerpts, Len Wilcox June 24, 2019: Sara Sheldon, Roger Provoo, Elise Koko, and Liza Kahkonen
13: Interview excerpts, Len Wilcox June 25, 2019: Terri Simmons, XX, Juho Laitila, and Esther Chapman
14: Ollie Clark—Wednesday June 26, 2019 and From Len Wilcox’s private journal—November 30, 2018
15: Ollie Clark—Wednesday June 26, 2019 and Len Wilcox’s private notes, handwritten, undated
16: Ollie Clark—Wednesday June 26, 2019 and Interview excerpts, Len Wilcox with Randy Clark, January 29, 2019
17: Ollie Clark—Thursday June 27, 2019 and Phone Call, Roger Porvoo with Len Wilcox, June 27, 2019
18: Ollie Clark—Thursday June 27, 2019 and Excerpts from Len Wilcox’s notes, December 17, 2018
19: Ollie Clark—Thursday June 27, 2019 and Birdy Clark—June 19, 2009
20: Ollie Clark—Thursday June 27, 2019 and From a file on Len Wilcox’s laptop created June 24, 2019
21: Ollie Clark—Thursday June 27, 2019 and Phone Call, Roger Porvoo with Len Wilcox, June 27, 2019
22: Ollie Clark—Thursday June 27, 2019 and Excerpts from the first interrogation of Randall Clark, by Lieutenant Samuel Johnson and Sergeant Parker Dennis, with Deborah Binkman present, June 27, 2019
23: Ollie Clark—Thursday June 27, 2019 and From Len Wilcox’s private journal, June 27, 2019
24: Ollie Clark—Friday June 28, 2019 and Phone call, Katrina Olson and Lieutenant Samuel Johnson, June 28, 2019
25: Ollie Clark—Friday June 28, 2019 and Initial conversation, —– and Lieutenant Samuel Johnson, June 28, 2019
26: Ollie Clark—Friday June 28, 2019 and Excerpts from —–’s confession to Lieutenant Samuel Johnson and Sergeant Parker Dennis, June 28, 2019
27: Ollie Clark—Friday June 28, 2019 and Excerpts from —–’s confession to Lieutenant Samuel Johnson and Sergeant Parker Dennis, June 28, 2019
28: Ollie Clark—Friday June 28, 2019 and Excerpts from —–’s confession to Lieutenant Samuel Johnson and Sergeant Parker Dennis, June 28, 2019
30: Ollie Clark—Friday June 28, 2019 and Excerpts from —–’s confession to Lieutenant Samuel Johnson and Sergeant Parker Dennis, June 28, 2019
30: Ollie Clark—Saturday June 29, 2019 and Excerpts from Randy Clark’s interview, with Sergeant Glen Waara, Deborah Binkman present, Saturday June 29, 2019
31: Ollie Clark—Saturday June 29, 2019 and Excerpts from Serena Chapman’s interview with Sergeant Parker Dennis, June 29, 2019
32: Ollie Clark—Saturday June 29, 2019 and Excerpts from Randy Clark’s interview, with Sergeant Glen Waara, Deborah Binkman present, Saturday June 29, 2019
33: Ollie Clark—Saturday June 29, 2019 and Phone call, Roger Porvoo and Randy Clark, June 19, 2019
34: Ollie Clark—Sunday June 30, 2019 and Excerpt from the Keweenaw Report’s radio update, June 30, 2019 and Ollie Clark—Monday July 1, 2019
35: Epilogue
Rebecca Frost 