They say first love never dies....
From critically acclaimed author Kate Ellison comes a heartbreaking mystery of mental illness, unspoken love, and murder. When sixteen-year-old artist Olivia Tithe is visited by the ghost of her first love, Lucas Stern, it's only through scattered images and notes left behind that she can unravel the mystery of his death.
There's a catch: Olivia has gone colorblind, and there's a good chance that she's losing her mind completely - just like her mother did. How else to explain seeing (and falling in love all over again with) someone who isn't really there?
With the murder trial looming just nine days away, Olivia must follow her heart to the truth, no matter how painful. It's the only way she can save herself.
Penelope (Lo) Marin has always loved to collect beautiful things. Her dad's consulting job means she's grown up moving from one rundown city to the next, and she's learned to cope by collecting (sometimes even stealing) quirky trinkets and souvenirs in each new place - possessions that allow her to feel at least some semblance of home.
But in the year since her brother Oren's death, Lo's hoarding has blossomed into a full-blown, potentially dangerous obsession. She discovers a beautiful antique butterfly pendant during a routine scour at a weekend flea market, and recognizes it as having been stolen from the home of a recently murdered girl known only as "Sapphire" --a girl just a few years older than Lo. As usual when Lo begins to obsess over something, she can't get the murder out of her mind.
As she attempts to piece together the mysterious "butterfly clues," with the unlikely help of a street artist named Flynt, Lo quickly finds herself caught up in a seedy, violent underworld much closer to home than she ever imagined --a world she'll ultimately discover, that could hold the key to her brother's tragic death.
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I like ones mixed with a little supernatural/fantasy.
ReplyDeleteThat is tough. The Hound of the Baskervilles, maybe?
ReplyDeleteCrooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
ReplyDeleteI'm not too experienced with mysteries, but I really love Sherlock Holmes books.
ReplyDeleteI love Sherlock Holmes too! Definitely some of my favorite mysteries. :)
DeleteMy favorite mystery? Oh gosh so hard for me since I'm such a mystery lover.....Ok I pick Three Times Lucky.
ReplyDeleteGREAT giveaway btw.
Ohhhh I've never heard of that one! I'll definitely have to give it a read sometime. :)
DeleteHmmm my favorite mystery (I haven't read too many, this needs to change haha!) I'm going to have to go with Across the Universe, it's kind of a mystery story, right? :)
ReplyDeleteGood choice Katie! I would definitely say that ATU counts. :D
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