Megan Cooley Peterson

Dead Girls Talking -- Megan Cooley Peterson, Hardcover

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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.

Author: Megan Cooley Peterson
Publisher: Holiday House
Published: 06/18/2024
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
ISBN: 9780823457014
Age Range: 14-UP

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2024
Booklist 05/01/2024 pg. 57

About the Author
Megan Cooley Peterson is an author, editor, and coffee drinker. As a teenager, Megan was part of a repressive, cult-like doomsday church that didn't like to be questioned. She questioned anyway. Megan has written about her experience in Bustle, highlighting how it helped shape The Liar's Daughter, her first young adult novel. The author of more than 80 nonfiction books for children, she has written on a wide variety of topics, including dinosaurs, sharks, urban legends, and haunted objects. Megan lives in Minnesota with her husband and daughter. Learn more at megancooleypeterson.com or connect on Twitter @meganncpeterson or Instagram @megancooleypeterson.

Product Tags:

Crime, Fathers and daughters, Hardcover, High School, Holiday House, Megan Cooley Peterson, Mysteries & Detective Stories, Social Themes, Thrillers & Suspense, Violence, Young Adult, Young Adult Fiction

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