Release Date: 09/01/15
Entangled Teen
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Gramps always said that when the crickets were quiet, something bad was coming. And the crickets have been as silent as the dead. It started with the murdered deer in the playground with the unmistakable purple of a foxglove in its mouth. But in the dying boondock town of Emerald Cove, life goes on.
I work at Gramps's diner, and the cakes―the entitled rich kids who vacation here―make our lives hell. My best friend, Alex Pace, is the one person who gets me. Only Alex has changed. He's almost like a stranger now. I can't figure it out...or why I'm having distinctly more-than-friend feelings for him. Ones I shouldn't be having.
Then one of the cakes disappears.
When she turns up murdered, a foxglove in her mouth, a rumor goes around that Alex was the last person seen with her—and everyone but me believes it. Well, everyone except my worst enemy, Jenika Shaw. When Alex goes missing, it's up to us to prove his innocence and uncover the true killer. But the truth will shatter everything I've ever known about myself—and Alex.
When she turns up murdered, a foxglove in her mouth, a rumor goes around that Alex was the last person seen with her—and everyone but me believes it. Well, everyone except my worst enemy, Jenika Shaw. When Alex goes missing, it's up to us to prove his innocence and uncover the true killer. But the truth will shatter everything I've ever known about myself—and Alex.
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The Foxglove Killings Excerpt
To most
people around here, even before the rumors started, I was what Amber called
me—Diner Skank. The cheap kind of
pretty. Boobs too big for my frame, skinny legs, and what Josh Byers called blow me lips. He’d sit behind me in Trig
every day, whispering it over and over. I could still feel his hot breath on
the back of my neck, his chewed-up pencil eraser poking at my spine. I was that
cliché girl destined to grow old waiting tables, hoping to catch some Sugar
Daddy’s eye. Fuck that and fuck them. I was the girl destined to prove them all
wrong.
About the Author
Tara Kelly adores variety in her life. She’s an author, one-girl-band, graphic designer, editor, and photographer. She lives in Sin City with her beloved guitars, sound design master husband, and a fluffy cat named Maestro.
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Oh my goodness! This sounds like a YA murder mystery done well. So many mysteries have their work cut out for them just trying to convince me that the characters can emotionally and mentally process the thriller elements of their now terrifying lives...but this sounds like it's a good mix of everything that make mysteries compelling and young adult books relatable.
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