First published 2014
Amanda Jackson spends her evenings playing Ripper, an online mystery game with her grandfather and international friends. The MIT-bound teenager has little in common with her mother Indiana, a holistic healer caught between two suitors: wealthy Alan and former Navy SEAL Ryan. Amanda prefers analyzing criminal minds like her father, an SFPD Deputy Chief of Homicide. When bizarre murders begin occurring across San Francisco, Amanda starts her own investigation. She connects the deaths before the police do, uncovering a pattern that points to a serial killer. Then Indiana disappears without a trace. Amanda must determine whether her mother's vanishing links to the killer stalking the city. With Indiana's life hanging in the balance, the teenage detective faces her most dangerous case yet. She races against time to solve a puzzle more complex than any online game.
Genres: mystery, crime, contemporary, thriller
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: amateur-detective, found-family
Setting: San Francisco, MIT
Period: 21st-century
496 pages · Hardcover · HarperVia