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Bellevue, Washington: Early on a serene summer evening, neighbors heard a muffled commotion from inside the home of a quiet Muslim family, newcomers to the wealthy Seattle suburb. It wasn't until well after midnight that Atif Rafay and his best friend, Sebastian Burns, entered the Rafay house to find Atif's parents fatally bludgeoned, and his sister clinging to life. Despite airtight alibis and a dearth of evidence, the boys quickly emerged as suspects — and sealed their fate when they headed to Canada. After a six-year extradition battle that went all the way to Canada's Supreme Court, they were returned to the U.S. — in a twisting case involving an elaborate sting operation; a damaging screenplay; a shattering surprise witness; and the shocking discovery of one of the boys having sex with his female attorney in prison. Were Atif Rafay and Sebastian Burns falsely accused? Or was this unspeakable crime PERFECTLY EXECUTED?

Introduction A Perfect Murder

1. A Quiet Cul-de-Sac

2. Sounds in the Night

3. Best of Friends

4. The Discovery

5. Help Arrives

6. So Many Questions

7. Ask Us Anything

8. We Have Alibis

9. Suspicions Grow

10. Sebastian's Turn

11. Homecoming

12. A Professional Hit

13. Exhausted and Dazed

14. Leopold and Loeb

15. Parting Words

16. Convinced Canadians

17. The Great Despisers

18. Too Good

19. Perchance We Meet

20. Crossing the Line

21. Show Me the Money

22. Raising the Stakes

23. Dead Serious

24. One of the Most Intelligent People in the World

25. A Turning Point

26. Crime Is Cool

27. A Wild Hair

28. A Bullet in My Head

29. Tell Me Anything

30. An Old Man

31. A Scene to Remember

32. The Straight Goods

33. "You Do It Naked"

34. "What's the Highest IQ Possible?"

35. The Code

36. "I'm Flattered by Your Attention"

37. "I Think of It as a Sacrifice"

38. "He's Just Being Clever"

39. "Good Morning, Boys"

40. The Fight Begins

41. A Defense Begins

42. Meeting Sebastian

43. "The Role of Second Fiddle"

44. A Shocking Delay

45. The Dream Team

46. A Case Hangs in the Balance

47. Roll the Tape

48. Betrayed

49. "No Going Back"

50. "I Think They Are Capable of Doing Anything"

51. "This Is Going to Be a War"

52. Sebastian Tells His Story

53. The Cross

54. A Recycled Alibi?

55. Hubris Did Them In

56. The Road to Hell

57. The Wait

58. The Verdict

59. The Aftermath

Epilogue