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Senior year is history and college is still a few months off. What better way to kill the summer than by working as a janitor in a morgue? True, it’s Christopher’s interest in being a spy that draws him to the job, but it’s his first encounter with a corpse that really snares his attention. Mitch Blaylock is the dead man’s name, and he’s listed as a suicide. Those multiple bullet wounds, however, don’t look self-inflicted. What was the sheriff doing whispering over the body? And what gives with all that cash hidden in the medical examiner’s desk? The questions, suspects, and dangers keep accumulating, and soon Christopher pairs up with an “insanely hot” wannabe muckraker from the local newspaper. Too much serendipity plays into the hands of this crime-fighting duo (and not enough is made of the character traits that would drive someone to work at a morgue), but Ford’s unpredictable curveballs and switcheroos never relent. A satisfyingly grim departure from the usual squeaky-clean teen sleuthing. Grades 9-12. --Daniel Kraus
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"...[A] dark and stellar review...holds its own as a mainstream mystery as well as a teen novel." --Publisher's Weekly, starred review
"...a solid mystery infused with dry with, but it's the likable quirky detectives and their crackling chemistry that make [it] anything but stiff." --School Library Journal
"Fast-paced and full of red herrings, it'll keep you guessing." --New York Post
[A] methodically paced mystery debut. ---Kirkus Reviews
"...a solid mystery infused with dry with, but it's the likable quirky detectives and their crackling chemistry that make [it] anything but stiff." --School Library Journal
"Fast-paced and full of red herrings, it'll keep you guessing." --New York Post
[A] methodically paced mystery debut. ---Kirkus Reviews
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