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Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery
Grace Mae is already familiar with madness when family secrets and the bulge in her belly send her to an insane asylum—but it is in the darkness that she finds a new lease on life. When a visiting doctor interested in criminal psychology recognizes Grace's brilliant mind beneath her rage, he recruits her as his assistant. Continuing to operate under the cloak of madness at crime scenes allows her to gather clues from bystanders who believe her less than human. Now comfortable in an ethical asylum, Grace finds friends—and hope. But gruesome nights bring Grace and the doctor into the circle of a killer who will bring her shaky sanity and the demons in her past dangerously close to the surface.
Taís's Review:
I absolutely love this book! It flows very well and it captured my attention from the very beginning. If there was a female version of Sherlock Holmes, Grace would be her. Once you pick this up, you will not be able to put it down, and you will find yourself trying to solve who the murderer is all day long. This story revolves around two serial rapists, but it is not graphic and is kept clean for the most part, so I say this book is for the 14 + group. It has a little bit of profanity, but again it is not vulgar. I seriously recommend this book.
Verdict: ☕ ☕ ☕ ☕ ☕
About the Author: Mindy McGinnis is the author of The Female of the Species, Not a Drop to Drink and its companion, In a Handful of Dust, Given to the Sea; and the Edgar Award-winning novel A Madness so Discreet. A magna cum laude graduate of Otterbein University with a BA in English literature and religion, Mindy lives in Ohio. You can visit her online at www.mindymcginnis.com.
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