Trixie's parents, Daniel, a mild-mannered comic book artist from a rough upbringing, and Laura, a college professor having an affair with one of her students, become involved, and Jason, whose life is supposedly ruined by Trixie's accusation, leaps from a bridge, dying by suicide.

The novel concludes with the final chapter with Daniel's latest comic, showing a father reunited with his daughter, after saving her from the depths of hell.

The message, “Nothing is easier than self-deceit, for what each man wishes that he also believes to be true” – DEMOSTHENES The title, The Tenth Circle, is a reference to the first canticle, Inferno, of The Divine Comedy by Dante.

Trixie Stone: Protagonist, ninth-grade high school student, who accuses Jason Underhill of rape.

Jason Underhill: Trixie's boyfriend, accused of raping her, fell to his death from the bridge in town.