Circle of Blood by Alane FergusonAnother forensic mystery solved by Cameron Mahoney! That's right. Our modern day Nancy Drew is back and truly better than ever.
Cameron is dealing with all of the difficult emotions of being reunited with her mother when the small town of Silverton is once again the sight of a murder mystery. A young girl is shot, or is it suicide? Cameron's mother is somehow involved in this whole mess, but Cameron is determined to solve the crime in order to save her mother from any implication of murder.
All in all, this is the best Cameron Mahoney mystery yet. Why? 1) This one had some great stomach turning autopsy description. 2) Cameron makes mistakes typical of a teenager. 3) Really believable plot concerning the murder.* 4) Cameron uses technology more frequently than before.**
Grade: A-
*And when I say the plot line is believable, I mean that I have seen familiar crime plots on various crime shows, which may or may not have been ripped from the headlines.
** I feel that YA literature is still catching up to technology. It's nice to see the frequent references to Google, e-mail, and texting in a story line. This type of instantaneous information retrieval is now a part of life.
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