Dead Kids Don't Leave Camp - Birdy Slade - Bog

"Sunday didn't start well for Seth or me. That's because I had a hangover, and Seth's dead body woke me up by banging into the dock I slept on last night..."

Jack Foxworth escaped the UK by landing a job at Camp Joseph in Maine, USA. He falls in love with Virginia, the beautiful 'Southern Belle' working in the exclusive boy's summer camp kitchen. Star swimmer and award-winning rugby player Jack peels away layers of guilt with the help of Virginia and the hectic life of a summer camp counsellor.
Just two weeks before his summer job ends, Jack discovers the dead body of one of the four campers assigned to his tent on the Island in the middle of a lake. No one else saw the body and didn't miss Seth, as camp Director, Monte, said the unpopular boy was picked up by his parents in the early morning.
Jack doesn't know who to trust, especially himself. Virginia said she saw Seth leave camp. Only Jason, the bright but lonesome camper, believes Jack and helps him discover the truth of the Camp, the secrets the island hides and how a long-forgotten tragedy on Camp Joseph holds the key to what happened to Seth and the other boys who never left camp.

'Dead Kids Don't Leave Camp' starts with a death, explores a tale stretching thirty years and ends with an explosive finish, finally revealing why Camp Joseph just couldn't let some of its campers go home.