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"A twisty, cold-case mystery custom made for fans of Sara Shepard, PLL and Veronica Mars! The edge-of-your-seat plot, sinister backstory and smart, brave and irreverent main character made this whodunit unputdownable." -- Justine Magazine. In To Catch a Killer, a contemporary mystery by debut author Sheryl Scarborough, a teenage girl uses forensic science to solve the cold-case murder of her mother. Erin Blake has one of those names. A name that is inextricably linked to a grisly crime. As a toddler, Erin survived for three days alongside the corpse of her murdered mother, and the case -- which remains unsolved -- fascinated a nation. Her fathers identity unknown, Erin was taken in by her mothers best friend and has become a relatively normal teen in spite of the looming questions about her past.. Fourteen years later, Erin is once again at the center of a brutal homicide when she finds the body of her biology teacher. When questioned by the police, Erin tells almost the whole truth, but never voices her suspicions that her mothers killer has struck again in order to protect the casework shes secretly doing on her own. . Inspired by her uncle, an FBI agent, Erin has ramped up her forensic hobby into a full-blown cold-case investigation. This new murder makes her certain shes close to the truth, but when all the evidence starts to point the authorities straight to Erin, she turns to her longtime crush (and fellow suspect) Journey Michaels to help her crack the case before its too late.
About the Author
Sheryl Scarborough, author of To Catch A Killer and To Right The Wrongs is also co-author of the Tesla Model 3 User's Guide. An award-winning writer for children's television, she holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. An ardent true-crime junky, she has an obsession with high tech, plus forensics and evidence thanks to a peeping Tom who plagued their house when she was twelve.To Catch a Killer is the combination of everything she loves: writing for kids and forensic science. She now lives in Washington state and loves stories that keep her awake at night. She hopes you love them too.
