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From award-winning author Mindy McGinnis comes a thrilling and gripping YA mystery about a small towns past and the secrets unearthed by way of two teen girlsand a podcast. Perfect for fans of Sadie, The Cheerleaders, and A Good Girls Guide to Murder.
A lifetime of hard work has put Lydia Chass on track to attend a prestigious journalism program and leave Henley behinduntil a school error leaves her a credit short of graduating.
Bristal Jamison has a bad reputation and a foul mouth, but she also needs one more credit to graduate. An unexpected partnership forms as the two remake Lydias town history podcast to investigate the Long Stretch of Bad Daysa week when Henley was hit by a tornado, a flash flood, as well as its first, only, and unsolved murder.
As their investigation unearths buried secrets, some dont want them to see the light. When the threats escalate, the girls have to uncover the truth before the dark history of Henley catches up with them.
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
A lifetime of hard work has put Lydia Chass on track to attend a prestigious journalism program and leave Henley behinduntil a school error leaves her a credit short of graduating.
Bristal Jamison has a bad reputation and a foul mouth, but she also needs one more credit to graduate. An unexpected partnership forms as the two remake Lydias town history podcast to investigate the Long Stretch of Bad Daysa week when Henley was hit by a tornado, a flash flood, as well as its first, only, and unsolved murder.
As their investigation unearths buried secrets, some dont want them to see the light. When the threats escalate, the girls have to uncover the truth before the dark history of Henley catches up with them.
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
Praise for this book
"Lush, dangerous, and deliciously twisty, The Initial Insult is an Appalachian Gothic for the ages. A smart and vital reworking of one of Poe's most chilling stories." - Brittany Cavallaro
"Expertly crafted and absolutely chilling. Mindy McGinnis holds nothing back in this twisty, ruthlessly compelling story of a friendship gone wrong." - Karen M McManus
"If Edgar Allan Poe came back to write the scariest high school murder story ever, it probably wouldn't be half as good as Mindy McGinnis's The Initial Insult. You must read this book!" - James Patterson
"Expertly crafted and absolutely chilling. Mindy McGinnis holds nothing back in this twisty, ruthlessly compelling story of a friendship gone wrong." - Karen M McManus
"If Edgar Allan Poe came back to write the scariest high school murder story ever, it probably wouldn't be half as good as Mindy McGinnis's The Initial Insult. You must read this book!" - James Patterson
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