Hawkins, Indiana was supposed to be the picture of American success after the Starcourt fire. New money. Neon malls. Country clubs. Perfect lawns. But beneath the polished surface lies something rotten. Organized crime runs through the town like veins beneath skin, tied to the remnants of Hawkins Lab and protected by the wealthy families who rebuilt the town afterward — including the Harringtons. When a young detective from Indianapolis arrives in Hawkins investigating a string of disappearances connected to a buried case, they expect corruption. They do not expect Steve Harrington. Golden boy heir to one of the most powerful families in town, Steve spends his nights drunk, bruised, and pretending he stopped caring a long time ago. Then he witnesses a murder connected to his father’s organization. Now trapped between loyalty and survival, Steve becomes dangerously entangled with the one person trying to expose everything. The deeper the investigation goes, the clearer it becomes: In Hawkins, everyone is hiding something. And loving Steve Harrington might be the most dangerous thing of all.