M.C. CROCKER
The Gilded Rose
language
(Blue Frog Publishing March 20, 2016)
Normal is subjective. For military brat Winston Yates, it is normal to find himself changing schools, even if it is his senior year. It is however not normal that his first day at his new school Rhodes Academy starts off with a bang – literally. One never expects the emergency showers in chem lab actually to be used.
Of course, an exploding lab is just the start for Winston. He goes from being blamed for the explosion to being dragged into an investigation of what caused it by the overly brilliant Sharon Holmes, who shares the same brilliance and deductive reasoning methods as the famous detective whose last name she shares. Mystery and intrigue is the last thing Winston needed in his life.
The investigation continues, and Winston and Sharon find that the explosion was an attempted murder before bearing witness to two additional attempts on the lives of fellow students. Can they discover the truth before the murderer finds success? The connections seem thin, and the suspect list is long, which happens to include Winston’s new-found girlfriend, Monica. How do you date someone that you might suspect of attempted murder?
Of course, an exploding lab is just the start for Winston. He goes from being blamed for the explosion to being dragged into an investigation of what caused it by the overly brilliant Sharon Holmes, who shares the same brilliance and deductive reasoning methods as the famous detective whose last name she shares. Mystery and intrigue is the last thing Winston needed in his life.
The investigation continues, and Winston and Sharon find that the explosion was an attempted murder before bearing witness to two additional attempts on the lives of fellow students. Can they discover the truth before the murderer finds success? The connections seem thin, and the suspect list is long, which happens to include Winston’s new-found girlfriend, Monica. How do you date someone that you might suspect of attempted murder?