Spirit Seeker Mass market paperbound - 1997

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For fans of Gillian Flynn, Caroline Cooney, and R.L. Stine comes "Spirit Seeker" from four-time Edgar Allen Poe Young Adult Mystery Award winner Joan Lowery Nixon.
Holly Campbell s life has suddenly become a newspaper-headline nightmare. The parents of her friend Cody Garnett have just been found in their home, brutally murdered, and Cody is the main suspect. Holly s father is the police detective in charge of the investigation, and even he thinks the evidence points right at Cody. Holly knows it s up to her to prove what she believes it the truth: Cody is innocent. Against her father s wishes, secretly crossing the barrier of police tape and television reporters that surrounds the Garnetts house, she begins her own investigation. Computer files, an odd neighbor, and a mysterious psychic each might have the evidence Holly needs to help Cody. Or they could all be red herrings that will waste Holly s precious time.
A teenager seeking justice and her interactions with the spirit world make this spine-tingling new novel from the only four-time winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award a surefire winner for mystery fans. Tightly plotted. "School Library Journal"
Enriched with family troubles, guilty secrets, and a whiff of the supernatural, this page-turner will please. "Kirkus Reviews" Readers will enjoy. "Booklist""

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