(I received a free copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.)

It’s been fifteen years since Mandy Reasoner was murdered—a crime for which her boyfriend, Duke, was convicted. But when high school students and best friends Betty and June discover that Mandy was June’s long-forgotten aunt, they decide to pursue the mystery. Galvanized by the growing community who doubts the evidence against Duke and is rallying to free him, the two girls start on a path that will bring them not only to Duke himself but smack into Nickel, a canny, tough-as-nails teenage P.I. attempting to keep his own life together. They make a good team, but Nickel is on his own mission of revenge, and the web of lies surrounding Mandy’s murder is growing ever thicker.
The closer they get to the truth, the less clear the path becomes. Will they survive the fight to bring Mandy’s killer to justice?

Not too long ago, I read Aric Davis' novel "Weavers" and was left less than impressed. But, as I will usually do, I decided to give him another go and just see if that was a one-off that I just couldn't get into...

Sadly, this one had a lot of issues - issues that are pretty easy to spot and make reading just so painful.

The main thrust of the story - high school kids solving a 15 year old mystery, all the while dealing drugs, assault, break and enter, use fake ID's, - was just so far beyond the realms of believability (and, yes, this is a work of fiction but there should be a sense of realism to make the reader connect with the characters and the situations) that I found myself shaking my head in disbelief more times than I could count.

And that is a shame because the blurb sounded really good and the cover is beautiful.


Paul
ARH

I was unable to connect with this book unfortunately so decided not to review