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Set more than one hundred years after the Borden murders, this propulsive, supernatural thriller imagines what might happen if history were to repeat itself today. Perfect for fans of Kara Thomas and Courtney Summers!. When Mariella Morse accuses her boyfriend, Vik Gomez, of murdering her wealthy parents with an axe, the town is quick to believe her. It doesn't help that Vik is caught standing over her parents' bodies with blood on his hands, unable to remember anything about the night in question.. But Vik's sister, Tessa, knows that Vik would never be capable of such a gruesome crime. Haunted by the mistakes she made that led her family to move to Fall River, MA in the first place, she sets out to prove her brother's innocence.. Tessa's search for answers will lead her into a sprawling, notoriously cursed forest, where she and Mariella must face a darkness that has lurked within their town since before the days of Lizzie Borden - the original axe murderess of Fall River.
About the Author
Diana Rodriguez Wallach is the author of the "Anastasia Phoenix Series," three YA spy thrillers (Entangled Publishing) . The first book in the trilogy, PROOF OF LIES, was named by Paste Magazine as one of the Top 10 Best Young Adult Books for March 2017. Bustle also listed her as one of the Top Nine Latinx Authors to Read for Women's History Month 2017. Additionally, she is the author of three award-winning young adult novels: "Amor and Summer Secrets," "Amigas and School Scandals," and "Adios to All The Drama" (Kensington Books) ; as well as a YA short-story collection based on the Narcissus myth, entitled "Mirror, Mirror" (Buzz Books, 2013) .
In 2011, she published a highly regarded essay in "Dear Bully: 70 Authors Tell Their Stories" (HarperCollins) . It was the only essay chosen from the anthology by Scholastic to be used in its classroom materials. Diana is featured in the anthology, "Latina Authors and Their Muses" (Twilight Times Books, 2015) , and she is blogger for Quirk Books.
In 2010 Diana was named one of the Top Ten New Latino Authors to Watch by LatinoStories.com, and she placed second in the International Latino Book Awards. She is an advisory board member for the Philly Spells Writing Center, and is a Creative Writing instructor for Johns Hopkins University's Center for Talented Youth. She holds a B.S. in Journalism from Boston University, and currently lives in Philadelphia with her husband and two children.
Visit www.dianarodriguezwallach.com for more information. Follow her on Twitter via @dianarwallach and Like her on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/dianarwallach.
