A new American Candy store has opened in a rural town. Nobody asked for it. Most just walk by it. But you can’t help but wonder: What is it really for? Zaynab and Connor are working there. It’s closing time and a customer still hasn’t left. 10 minutes later, they’re hiding her unconscious body in a basement. In the following commotion, their secrets are revealed. American Candy is a witty, fast-paced crime thriller about things posing to be what they’re not. What if the things on your High Street were fronts? Your shops, your jobs, your marriages. What if they were not quite as they appeared?