Super Short Summary

In Matthew Sharpe’s 2010 novel, You Were Wrong, set in 2008 Seacrest, 26-year-old Karl Floor, a socially inept high school math teacher, navigates a neo-noir mystery filled with ambiguous events and complex characters. After being beaten by students and meeting Sylvia Vetch, who initially claims to be a burglar, Karl becomes entangled in a web of manipulation and familial conflict, pushing him to confront his passive nature and dysfunctional household.