Tim is a 15-year-old boy simmering on the brink of sexual maturity in the stark shadow of his father, a hard-drinking, small-town cop. Tim's Mom committed suicide a few months ago, leaving him to find her corpse. As Tim drifts deeper into his own fantasy world, Ben's brutality drives him out of their squalid trailer and into a member of the local gentry's serene summer home. There he explores the life, thoughts, and lingerie of Tracy, whose own sexual awakening at boarding school is about to backfire. When Tim determines to rid himself of his father for good,Tracy's unexpected presence in that dark, white house kicks off a chilling round of twists that crackle with tension and mark DELINQUENT as a haunting psychological thriller.
—Peter Christian Hall