A. J. Lape

Grade A Stupid: A High School Murder Mystery (Darcy Walker Mystery Book 1) Nov 8, 2012

by A. J. Lape

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AN AMAZON #1 BESTSELLER IN TEENS MYSTERIES & THRILLERS, SPIES AND DETECTIVE STORIES!

Skipping class can be deadly…

Fifteen-year-old Darcy Walker’s name means "dark walker." Whether her parents’ choice was a stroke of genius or smack of stupid, they definitely nailed the irony. She lacks direction. Distracts easily. And despite a high IQ, her grades stink.

Valley High’s reigning misfit, she’s also infatuated with a bad boy. A guy that her hottie best friend, Dylan, wishes would get acquainted with his fist.

With her life spiraling out of control, everything changes when she cuts class and stumbles upon a dead body. It jumpstarts Darcy's inner-verb, and she gets caught up in the mystery and can’t let go.

When the school’s biggest nerd is arrested for the crime, Darcy goes Mach 1 trying to clear his name. Constructing aliases. Breaking the law. Dodging gangbangers who want her dead. Everything that makes perfect sense to her, but reeks of Grade A Stupid to everyone else.

Trouble is...will she live to see sixteen?

Readers call the Darcy Walker Series Stephanie Plum meets Veronica Mars meets Pretty Little Liars.

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No Brainer: A High School Murder Mystery (Darcy Walker Mystery Book 2) May 22, 2013

by A. J. Lape

( 77 )

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Summer Break: The mob. A missing boy. And a web of lies.

Two weeks before junior year, Darcy Walker hops a plane to Florida for a little R&R with her best friend, Dylan, and his family. Even before her feet hit Orlando soil, she's fallen into a mystery again. The disappearance of a five-year-old boy catches her in its snare. And she can't break free.

Convinced she can bring him home, she travels down a road that not only follows the missing child but branches off into the corrupt and sinister world of the mob. She also tampers in a separate murder investigation. One assigned to Dylan’s detective grandfather.

In NO BRAINER, she's surrounded by so many lies, she has trouble finding the truth.

Add a flirtationship with her hottie best friend…and she’s got one too many distractions to unravel.

As danger spikes, can she survive until sunrise?

Readers call the Darcy Walker Series Stephanie Plum meets Veronica Mars meets Pretty Little Liars.

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Side Hustle: Season One, Episode 3 (Darcy Walker Side Hustle Mystery) Jul 24, 2018

by A. J. Lape

( 14 )

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Join Darcy Walker in season one of SIDE HUSTLE, a three-part serial where she leaves the Cincinnati, Ohio, area for the bright lights and bustling action of Los Angeles, California. Crimes are darker, people are more colorful, but one thing remains the same—Darcy Walker solves crime one way: living life like a verb.

Darcy Walker excels at lies, deception, and outthinking the bad guys. She has the résumé to prove it. While waiting to attend the police academy, she takes her talents into pizza delivery. Little does she know, life as a delivery driver isn’t all pizza and wings.

On a late-night run to a customer’s home, Darcy’s delivery turns deadly. She stumbles into a murder mystery straight out of a Hollywood script—a blood-soaked crime scene with no known witnesses except a suspicious man with a Mona Lisa smile. To compound the trifecta, the victim appears to have a past he’s been trying to outrun. Uncovering his secret-filled life leads Darcy and some new friends on a high-voltage journey, intersecting with a former adversary.

When shadows of this old enemy surface, Darcy realizes black and white are an absolute as sure as the sun’s rotation. One wrong move could keep her from the academy, and one screw up could mean a friend of hers breathes his last breath.

In Side Hustle, solving crime takes a backseat to the moral dilemma she’s placed in: protect her dream or keep a friend alive. Will Darcy uncover who murdered her customer? Or will a Grim Reaper from the past end her and her friends’ lives first?

Readers call the Darcy Walker Series Stephanie Plum meets Veronica Mars meets Pretty Little Liars.

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Side Hustle: Season One, Episode 2 (Darcy Walker Side Hustle Mystery) Jul 10, 2018

by A. J. Lape

( 17 )

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Join Darcy Walker in season one of SIDE HUSTLE, a three-part serial where she leaves the Cincinnati, Ohio, area for the bright lights and bustling action of Los Angeles, California. Crimes are darker, people are more colorful, but one thing remains the same—Darcy Walker solves crime one way: living life like a verb.

Darcy Walker excels at lies, deception, and outthinking the bad guys. She has the résumé to prove it. While waiting to attend the police academy, she takes her talents into pizza delivery. Little does she know, life as a delivery driver isn’t all pizza and wings.

On a late-night run to a customer’s home, Darcy’s delivery turns deadly. She stumbles into a murder mystery straight out of a Hollywood script—a blood-soaked crime scene with no known witnesses except a suspicious man with a Mona Lisa smile. To compound the trifecta, the victim appears to have a past he’s been trying to outrun. Uncovering his secret-filled life leads Darcy and some new friends on a high-voltage journey, intersecting with a former adversary.

When shadows of this old enemy surface, Darcy realizes black and white are an absolute as sure as the sun’s rotation. One wrong move could keep her from the academy, and one screw up could mean a friend of hers breathes his last breath.

In Side Hustle, solving crime takes a backseat to the moral dilemma she’s placed in: protect her dream or keep a friend alive. Will Darcy uncover who murdered her customer? Or will a Grim Reaper from the past end her and her friends’ lives first?

Readers call the Darcy Walker Series Stephanie Plum meets Veronica Mars meets Pretty Little Liars.

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Side Hustle: Season One, Episode 1 (Darcy Walker Side Hustle Mystery) Jun 25, 2018

by A. J. Lape

( 29 )

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Join Darcy Walker in season one of SIDE HUSTLE, a three-part serial where she leaves the Cincinnati, Ohio, area for the bright lights and bustling action of Los Angeles, California. Crimes are darker, people are more colorful, but one thing remains the same—Darcy Walker solves crime one way: living life like a verb.

Darcy Walker excels at lies, deception, and outthinking the bad guys. She has the résumé to prove it. While waiting to attend the police academy, she takes her talents into pizza delivery. Little does she know, life as a delivery driver isn’t all pizza and wings.

On a late-night run to a customer’s home, Darcy’s delivery turns deadly. She stumbles into a murder mystery straight out of a Hollywood script—a blood-soaked crime scene with no known witnesses except a suspicious man with a Mona Lisa smile. To compound the trifecta, the victim appears to have a past he’s been trying to outrun. Uncovering his secret-filled life leads Darcy and some new friends on a high-voltage journey, intersecting with a former adversary.

When shadows of this old enemy surface, Darcy realizes black and white are an absolute as sure as the sun’s rotation. One wrong move could keep her from the academy, and one screw up could mean a friend of hers breathes his last breath.

In Side Hustle, solving crime takes a backseat to the moral dilemma she’s placed in: protect her dream or keep a friend alive. Will Darcy uncover who murdered her customer? Or will a Grim Reaper from the past end her and her friends’ lives first?

Readers call the Darcy Walker Series Stephanie Plum meets Veronica Mars meets Pretty Little Liars.

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Foolproof: A High School Murder Mystery (Darcy Walker Mystery Book 5) Mar 12, 2016

by A. J. Lape

( 37 )

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One hormonal teenage guy + speed dating x Darcy Walker = murder

Jon Bradshaw needs a girlfriend stat. When he convinces Darcy to be his wingman at a speed-dating event, one debacle leads to another. Before you know it, they’re the proud new owners of a dead body. Thing is, the body has a tie to Darcy…making her a person of interest in a murder.

Things quickly jump from bad to worse. Someone hijacks the name of Darcy’s alter ego, framing "Jester" in a Hitchcock-like blend of crimes that leaves her head spinning.

In FOOLPROOF, Darcy battles an adversary who tests her IQ while she navigates the daunting worries of a high school senior. Add the emotional fallout of her latest caper, a cop breathing down her neck, and a hot but stubborn boyfriend, and she’s at her wit’s end.

Can she find her zen and unmask the real murderer? Or get used to a life of prison-orange?

Readers call the Darcy Walker Series Stephanie Plum meets Veronica Mars meets Pretty Little Liars.

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Side Hustle: Season Two, Episode 1 (Darcy Walker Side Hustle Mystery Book 4) May 28, 2019

by A. J. Lape

( 21 )

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In season two of SIDE HUSTLE, a three-part serial, Darcy Walker is back delivering pizzas, fighting Los Angeles crime, and attending the police academy. People and experiences may be more glittery than what this midwestern sleuth is accustomed to, but one thing still rings true—living life like a verb comes with a price.

Clyde Sargent is rude. Egotistical. And a bad tipper. Delivering a fourteen-inch Rollo’s Revenge pizza should be an in-and-out job. Until he drops a bombshell he might’ve committed murder. Then Darcy Walker can’t let it go.

Days from the police academy, Darcy’s conscience reminds her it’s not her job to solve the mystery. No matter how appealing the challenge may be.

Struggling with coloring between the lines, the more she tries to conform, the more crime the universe throws her way. A dead body appears. A hit is placed on her friends. And someone from the academy has a Star Wars moment and goes to the dark side.

A new day is on the horizon in season two of Side Hustle. Darcy’s dream is within reach. Will she pump the brakes on her personality and let others take her cases? Or will she get kicked out of the program before she even earns her badge?

Readers call the Darcy Walker Series Stephanie Plum meets Veronica Mars meets Pretty Little Liars.

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100 Proof Stud: A High School Murder Mystery (Darcy Walker Mystery Book 3) May 7, 2014

by A. J. Lape

( 57 )

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AN AMAZON #1 BESTSELLER IN TEENS MYSTERIES & THRILLERS, SPIES AND DETECTIVE STORIES

Sometimes life smacks you right in the kisser with a whole lot of ohhhh craaaaap. Ask Darcy Walker…or the guys trying to date her…

100 PROOF STUD picks up four months after summer break. Darcy discovers the aftermath pales in comparison to the crisis her heart is in. It's raining men, and the teenage heroine’s personal life turns her inside out.

Before she can sort out her feelings, she chases a spray-painting vandal and stumbles upon a case of identity theft. Darcy jumps into the fray headfirst to solve both crimes.

But it’s not just for the high...she’s chasing reward money.

Tapping her band of misfit brothers to play sidekick, she turns Valley upside down trying to unearth the criminals. Problem is, the cloak and dagger goes from zero-to-sixty in a snap. And she raises the bar on “crazy" in the process. Bullets ring out. Dead bodies appear. And Darcy rubs shoulders with the ultimate sociopath.

In the midst of murder and mayhem, will she finally have her first date or will she even get a chance?

Readers call the Darcy Walker Series Stephanie Plum meets Veronica Mars meets Pretty Little Liars.

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Side Hustle: Season Two, Episode 3 (Darcy Walker Side Hustle Mystery Book 6) Jun 19, 2019

by A. J. Lape

( 15 )

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In season two of SIDE HUSTLE, a three-part serial, Darcy Walker is back delivering pizzas, fighting Los Angeles crime, and attending the police academy. People and experiences may be more glittery than what this midwestern sleuth is accustomed to, but one thing still rings true—living life like a verb comes with a price.

Clyde Sargent is rude. Egotistical. And a bad tipper. Delivering a fourteen-inch Rollo’s Revenge pizza should be an in-and-out job. Until he drops a bombshell he might’ve committed murder. Then Darcy Walker can’t let it go.

Days from the police academy, Darcy’s conscience reminds her it’s not her job to solve the mystery. No matter how appealing the challenge may be.

Struggling with coloring between the lines, the more she tries to conform, the more crime the universe throws her way. A dead body appears. A hit is placed on her friends. And someone from the academy has a Star Wars moment and goes to the dark side.

A new day is on the horizon in season two of Side Hustle. Darcy’s dream is within reach. Will she pump the brakes on her personality and let others take her cases? Or will she get kicked out of the program before she even earns her badge?

Readers call the Darcy Walker Series Stephanie Plum meets Veronica Mars meets Pretty Little Liars.

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Side Hustle: Season Two, Episode 2 (Darcy Walker Side Hustle Mystery Book 5) Jun 8, 2019

by A. J. Lape

( 17 )

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In season two of SIDE HUSTLE, a three-part serial, Darcy Walker is back delivering pizzas, fighting Los Angeles crime, and attending the police academy. People and experiences may be more glittery than what this midwestern sleuth is accustomed to, but one thing still rings true—living life like a verb comes with a price.

Clyde Sargent is rude. Egotistical. And a bad tipper. Delivering a fourteen-inch Rollo’s Revenge pizza should be an in-and-out job. Until he drops a bombshell he might’ve committed murder. Then Darcy Walker can’t let it go.

Days from the police academy, Darcy’s conscience reminds her it’s not her job to solve the mystery. No matter how appealing the challenge may be.

Struggling with coloring between the lines, the more she tries to conform, the more crime the universe throws her way. A dead body appears. A hit is placed on her friends. And someone from the academy has a Star Wars moment and goes to the dark side.

A new day is on the horizon in season two of Side Hustle. Darcy’s dream is within reach. Will she pump the brakes on her personality and let others take her cases? Or will she get kicked out of the program before she even earns her badge?

Readers call the Darcy Walker Series Stephanie Plum meets Veronica Mars meets Pretty Little Liars.

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DEFCON Darcy: A High School Murder Mystery (Darcy Walker Mystery Book 4) Feb 14, 2015

by A. J. Lape

( 46 )

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One evening at a nightclub leads Darcy Walker to the most dangerous caper of her life…

Fisher Stanton, Valley High School’s Nantucket wannabe, has a cheating girlfriend. When he hires Darcy to chase her to a local club, in true Darcy fashion she stumbles upon a dead body. This body has secrets, and Darcy’s mysterious friend, Jaws, and the reporter, Tito Westbrook, have a vested interest. Both enlist Darcy to find the person responsible. But Darcy doesn’t solve crimes for free anymore--especially where Jaws is concerned. Knowing Darcy’s Achilles heel, Jaws blackmails Darcy into working for him.

In a true test of wills, Darcy and Jaws battle head-to-head—Jaws needs Darcy to help him end a bitter grudge war; Darcy needs Jaws to divulge the mystery surrounding her mother’s death. Haunted by a past that shapes her present, Darcy will stop at nothing. She wants answers. Even if it means breaking the law and being disloyal to her new boyfriend in the process.

DEFCON DARCY gives Darcy’s demons a name and ties up loose ends that make Darcy into the verb that she is. What she thinks she knows as truth, isn’t. What she wishes wasn’t true…is.

The problem is, when your life goes DEFCON 1, not everyone lives to tell about it.

Readers call the Darcy Walker Series Stephanie Plum meets Veronica Mars meets Pretty Little Liars.

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AN AMAZON #1 BESTSELLER IN TEENS MYSTERIES & THRILLERS, SPIES AND DETECTIVE STORIES!

Skipping class can be deadly…

Fifteen-year-old Darcy Walker’s name means "dark walker." Whether her parents’ choice was a stroke of genius or smack of stupid, they definitely nailed the irony. She lacks direction. Distracts easily. And despite a high IQ, her grades stink.

Valley High’s reigning misfit, she’s also infatuated with a bad boy. A guy that her hottie best friend, Dylan, wishes would get acquainted with his fist.

With her life spiraling out of control, everything changes when she cuts class and stumbles upon a dead body. It jumpstarts Darcy's inner-verb, and she gets caught up in the mystery and can’t let go.

When the school’s biggest nerd is arrested for the crime, Darcy goes Mach 1 trying to clear his name. Constructing aliases. Breaking the law. Dodging gangbangers who want her dead. Everything that makes perfect sense to her, but reeks of Grade A Stupid to everyone else.

Trouble is...will she live to see sixteen?

Readers call the Darcy Walker Series Stephanie Plum meets Veronica Mars meets Pretty Little Liars.

Get this bestselling, page-turning mystery today!

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AN AMAZON #1 BESTSELLER IN TEENS MYSTERIES & THRILLERS, SPIES AND DETECTIVE STORIES!

Skipping class can be deadly…

Readers call the Darcy Walker Series Stephanie Plum meets Veronica Mars meets Pretty Little Liars.

Get this bestselling, page-turning mystery today!

AN AMAZON #1 BESTSELLER IN TEENS MYSTERIES & THRILLERS, SPIES AND DETECTIVE STORIES

Summer Break: The mob. A missing boy. And a web of lies.

Readers call the Darcy Walker Series Stephanie Plum meets Veronica Mars meets Pretty Little Liars.

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Readers call the Darcy Walker Series Stephanie Plum meets Veronica Mars meets Pretty Little Liars.

Grab this humorous, nail-biting mystery today!

Readers call the Darcy Walker Series Stephanie Plum meets Veronica Mars meets Pretty Little Liars.

Grab this humorous, nail-biting mystery today!

Readers call the Darcy Walker Series Stephanie Plum meets Veronica Mars meets Pretty Little Liars.

Grab this humorous, nail-biting mystery today!

AN AMAZON #1 BESTSELLER IN TEENS MYSTERIES & THRILLERS, SPIES AND DETECTIVE STORIES

One hormonal teenage guy + speed dating x Darcy Walker = murder

Readers call the Darcy Walker Series Stephanie Plum meets Veronica Mars meets Pretty Little Liars.

Grab this jaw-dropping, laugh-out-loud mystery with one click!

Readers call the Darcy Walker Series Stephanie Plum meets Veronica Mars meets Pretty Little Liars.

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AN AMAZON #1 BESTSELLER IN TEENS MYSTERIES & THRILLERS, SPIES AND DETECTIVE STORIES

Sometimes life smacks you right in the kisser with a whole lot of ohhhh craaaaap. Ask Darcy Walker…or the guys trying to date her…

Readers call the Darcy Walker Series Stephanie Plum meets Veronica Mars meets Pretty Little Liars.

Get this jaw-dropping, suspenseful caper today!

Readers call the Darcy Walker Series Stephanie Plum meets Veronica Mars meets Pretty Little Liars.

One-click this humorous, nail-biting mystery today!

Readers call the Darcy Walker Series Stephanie Plum meets Veronica Mars meets Pretty Little Liars.

One-click this humorous, nail-biting mystery today!

AN AMAZON #1 BESTSELLER IN TEENS MYSTERIES & THRILLERS, SPIES AND DETECTIVE STORIES

One evening at a nightclub leads Darcy Walker to the most dangerous caper of her life…

Readers call the Darcy Walker Series Stephanie Plum meets Veronica Mars meets Pretty Little Liars.

Get this intensely twisted. Insane. Didn't-see-that-coming read now!

AN AMAZON #1 BESTSELLER IN TEENS MYSTERIES & THRILLERS, SPIES AND DETECTIVE STORIES!

Skipping class can be deadly…

Readers call the Darcy Walker Series Stephanie Plum meets Veronica Mars meets Pretty Little Liars.

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AN AMAZON #1 BESTSELLER IN TEENS MYSTERIES & THRILLERS, SPIES AND DETECTIVE STORIES! Skipping class can be deadly…

Readers call the Darcy Walker Series Stephanie Plum meets Veronica Mars meets Pretty Little Liars.

Get this bestselling, page-turning mystery today!

AN AMAZON #1 BESTSELLER IN TEENS MYSTERIES & THRILLERS, SPIES AND DETECTIVE STORIES Summer Break: The mob. A missing boy. And a web of lies.

Readers call the Darcy Walker Series Stephanie Plum meets Veronica Mars meets Pretty Little Liars.

One-click this fast-paced, humorous thriller today!

Readers call the Darcy Walker Series Stephanie Plum meets Veronica Mars meets Pretty Little Liars.

Grab this humorous, nail-biting mystery today!

Readers call the Darcy Walker Series Stephanie Plum meets Veronica Mars meets Pretty Little Liars.

Grab this humorous, nail-biting mystery today!

Readers call the Darcy Walker Series Stephanie Plum meets Veronica Mars meets Pretty Little Liars.

Grab this humorous, nail-biting mystery today!

AN AMAZON #1 BESTSELLER IN TEENS MYSTERIES & THRILLERS, SPIES AND DETECTIVE STORIES One hormonal teenage guy + speed dating x Darcy Walker = murder

Readers call the Darcy Walker Series Stephanie Plum meets Veronica Mars meets Pretty Little Liars.

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Readers call the Darcy Walker Series Stephanie Plum meets Veronica Mars meets Pretty Little Liars.

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AN AMAZON #1 BESTSELLER IN TEENS MYSTERIES & THRILLERS, SPIES AND DETECTIVE STORIES Sometimes life smacks you right in the kisser with a whole lot of ohhhh craaaaap. Ask Darcy Walker…or the guys trying to date her…

Readers call the Darcy Walker Series Stephanie Plum meets Veronica Mars meets Pretty Little Liars.

Get this jaw-dropping, suspenseful caper today!

Readers call the Darcy Walker Series Stephanie Plum meets Veronica Mars meets Pretty Little Liars.

One-click this humorous, nail-biting mystery today!

Readers call the Darcy Walker Series Stephanie Plum meets Veronica Mars meets Pretty Little Liars.

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AN AMAZON #1 BESTSELLER IN TEENS MYSTERIES & THRILLERS, SPIES AND DETECTIVE STORIES One evening at a nightclub leads Darcy Walker to the most dangerous caper of her life…

Readers call the Darcy Walker Series Stephanie Plum meets Veronica Mars meets Pretty Little Liars.

Get this intensely twisted. Insane. Didn't-see-that-coming read now!

AN AMAZON #1 BESTSELLER IN TEENS MYSTERIES & THRILLERS, SPIES AND DETECTIVE STORIES! Skipping class can be deadly…

Readers call the Darcy Walker Series Stephanie Plum meets Veronica Mars meets Pretty Little Liars.

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AN AMAZON #1 BESTSELLER IN TEENS MYSTERIES & THRILLERS, SPIES AND DETECTIVE STORIES!

Skipping class can be deadly…

AN AMAZON #1 BESTSELLER IN TEENS MYSTERIES & THRILLERS, SPIES AND DETECTIVE STORIES

Summer Break: The mob. A missing boy. And a web of lies.

AN AMAZON #1 BESTSELLER IN TEENS MYSTERIES & THRILLERS, SPIES AND DETECTIVE STORIES

One hormonal teenage guy + speed dating x Darcy Walker = murder

AN AMAZON #1 BESTSELLER IN TEENS MYSTERIES & THRILLERS, SPIES AND DETECTIVE STORIES

Sometimes life smacks you right in the kisser with a whole lot of ohhhh craaaaap. Ask Darcy Walker…or the guys trying to date her…

AN AMAZON #1 BESTSELLER IN TEENS MYSTERIES & THRILLERS, SPIES AND DETECTIVE STORIES

One evening at a nightclub leads Darcy Walker to the most dangerous caper of her life…

AN AMAZON #1 BESTSELLER IN TEENS MYSTERIES & THRILLERS, SPIES AND DETECTIVE STORIES!

Skipping class can be deadly…