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thehomecoming

The Homecoming
by Stacie Ramey (Author)

Booktalk: John’s mother kicked him out of the house when she couldn’t handle his anger, and John’s spent the last few years bouncing between relatives. But after his last scrape with the law, there’s nowhere for him to go but home.

Starting senior year at a new high school and fitting into the family that shut him out is a challenge. And it’s all that John can do to keep from turning back to bad habits. Lacrosse training helps him focus. As does Emily, the girl next door. She’s sweet and smart, and makes him think his heart may finally be healing. Maybe he’s ready to trust again. But tragedy has a way of finding John, and he must decide between saving his family or saving himself.

Snippet: “Stop it. Stop. You can’t hit Livy. You can’t hit my sister. Or my mother. You can’t.” I shake him once, hard.

Ryan’s eyes go wide.

I let go of his shoulders. Back away. I’m shaking. My mind is screaming at me to get out of there. To run.

theamateurs
The Amateurs
by Sara Shepard (Author)

Booktalk: As soon as Seneca Frazier sees the post on the Case Not Closed website about Helena Kelly, she’s hooked. Helena’s high-profile disappearance five years earlier is the one that originally got Seneca addicted to true crime. It’s the reason she’s a member of the site in the first place.

So when Maddy Wright, her best friend from the CNC site, invites Seneca to spend spring break in Connecticut looking into the cold case, she immediately packs her bag. But the moment she steps off the train in trendy, glamorous Dexby, things begin to go wrong. Maddy is nothing like she expected, and Helena’s sister, Aerin Kelly, seems completely hostile and totally uninterested in helping with their murder investigation.

Snippet: Aerin watched as Seneca’s fork slipped from her fingers to the table. Before anyone could say a word, she whipped around and fled the cafe. Aerin started after her, then glanced over her shoulder at Brett. “Next time you’ve got a secret about someone, ask first if she wants you to spill it.”

Brett looked like he was going to start bawling. “I didn’t know you were standing there!”