The town of Wolf Ridge calls him The Smiley Face Killer. Bettina Holland calls him her father.
Everyone knows Bettina's father was the one who murdered her mother a decade ago. It's the subject of podcasts, murder tours, and even a highly anticipated docuseries. But after growing up grappling with what that means, a string of copycat murders forces Bett to answer a harder question: What if he didn't?
Old-money Bett must team up with the only person willing to investigate alongside her: bookish goth girl Eugenia, the mortician's daughter, who everyone says puts the makeup on corpses. Can this "true crime princess" unmask a murderer who's much closer to home than she ever imagined?
Gritty, gripping, and propulsive from page one, Dead Girls Talking is a ride for readers who love to see girls get their hands dirty as they claw their way to the truth. Peterson's knife-sharp thriller cuts deep, with a wicked sense of humor, a wire-taut atmosphere, and a deadly serious approach to bigger issues of justice and female anger.
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"Spine-tingling."-Booklist
"Engrossing. This is a book you won't want to put down."-Crystal J. Bell, author of The Lamplighter
| ISBN: | 9780823457014 |
| Publication date: | 11th June 2024 |
| Author: | Megan Cooley Peterson |
| Publisher: | Holiday House |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 288 pages |
| Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage fiction: Thrillers / suspense Children’s / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Bullying, violence, abuse and peer pressure Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction |