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339 pp.
| Dutton/Sleuth
| May, 2006
|
TradeISBN 0-525-47693-8$15.99
(3)
4-6
In this second novel featuring "psychic investigator" Gilda Joyce, the setting is exclusive girls' school Our Lady of Sorrows. After learning of a student's drowning in the nearby lake, Gilda vows to untangle the circumstances surrounding the girl's death by using journalistic techniques, creative traps, and her supposed psychic powers. Humorous misadventures lighten a genuinely intriguing mystery full of spooky supernatural elements.
313 pp.
| Dutton/Sleuth
| June, 2005
|
TradeISBN 0-525-47514-1$10.99
(4)
YA
Hunted series.
Chass's life of frequent moves and fake names ends when her mother disappears in the unwelcoming town of High Hopes, Alabama. Dodging assassins, sheriffs, social workers, and shady entertainment moguls, Chass researches her mother's mysterious past. Despite predictable villains and a formulaic plot, Sorrells maintains enough suspense to make the book an absorbing, if not lingering, experience.