"Scarlett Undercover"

New from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers: Scarlett Undercover by Jennifer Latham.

About the book, from the publisher:

Meet Scarlett, a smart, sarcastic fifteen-year-old, ready to take on crime in her hometown. When Scarlett agrees to investigate a local boy's suicide, she figures she's in for an easy case and a quick buck. But it doesn't take long for suicide to start looking a lot like murder.

As Scarlett finds herself deep in a world of cults, curses, and the seemingly supernatural, she discovers that her own family secrets may have more to do with the situation than she thinks...and that cracking the case could lead to solving her father's murder.

Jennifer Latham delivers a compelling story and a character to remember in this one-of-a-kind debut novel.

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Scarlett Undercover is among Sona Charaipotra's ten top books for fans of The X-Files.

--Marshal Zeringue