Unable to ignore the gaps in the case, Pip sets out to prove Sal’s innocence, beginning with interviewing his younger brother, Ravi. Andie’s body was never recovered, and Sal was assumed by most to be guilty of abduction and murder.

The original investigation concluded with most of the evidence pointing to Sal, who was found dead in the woods, apparently by suicide. For her senior capstone project, Pip researches the disappearance of former Fairview High student Andie, last seen on April 18, 2014, by her younger sister, Becca. Pip has known and liked Sal since childhood he’d supported her when she was being bullied in middle school. With this installment readers find that this is merely the midpoint of a longer game, with another sequel approaching.Īims to be Scandal for teens and mostly succeeds.Įveryone believes that Salil Singh killed his girlfriend, Andrea Bell, five years ago-except Pippa Fitz-Amobi. Barnes maps out a plot worthy of soapy political thrillers but focuses on suspense more than politics, especially when the book becomes an action novel in the later chapters. But all of that means little when Tess finds herself a captive in the hands of international terrorists. All goes well until Tess finds the perp of that particular dirty trick attacked on the campus of her high school, and the police suspect Asher, Emelia’s twin and one of Tess’ best friends. When Tess is reluctantly drafted to help Emelia campaign for student body president, her first challenge is a compromising picture posted on social media.

She can assess a situation and plot a path forward like a master chess player and sees through people well enough to discern their hidden goals-knowledge, her grandfather tells her, that is power. The white teen has inherited the family talent. She’s also the granddaughter of William Keyes, notorious D.C. Tess learned in the previous book that rather than being high-powered political consultant Ivy’s much younger sister, actually she is Ivy’s daughter. A girl uses her considerable talent to resolve her friends’ problems in her elite high school until she finds herself in an uncontrollable situation in this sequel to The Fixer (2015).

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