The Dead Season (“Deliciously twisty”—Bookreporter), Dead Wind (Publishers Weekly starred review), The Kind to Kill (a Strand Magazine Top Mystery Novel), and the hot-off-the-presses Devils at the Door.
[My Book, The Movie: The Dead Season; The Page 69 Test: The Dead Season; Q&A with Tessa Wegert; The Page 69 Test: Dead Wind; Writers Read: Tessa Wegert (April 2022); Writers Read: Tessa Wegert (December 2022)]
At CrimeReads Wegert tagged five "crime novels that tackle teens, their struggles, and their relationships with the adults around them." One title on the list:
Up Close by Danielle GirardRead about another entry on the list.
Teens are dying in the small town of Hagen, North Dakota, and Detective Kylie Milliard discovers rumors of a dangerous game—but how do the deaths link to the mayor’s son, who seems to have voluntarily driven through a diner window? Especially chilling are the chapters told from an anonymous narrator’s point of view (“Hunters were common in Hagen,” they say, “but few were like me”). The teenagers’ behavior unnerves parents and police alike as Girard deftly uncovers each character’s emotional wounds while inching ever closer to the truth.
--Marshal Zeringue
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