DBRLTeen

Not a new book (published in 1998), but this is a great mystery that shouldn’t be missed!  David, a high school senior and the narrator of this story, has been accused of murdering his girlfriend.  The jury found him not guilty, but did he do it?  Do his parents really believe he is innocent?  The reader can’t be sure, because David only slowly reveals the details of his past.  He moves to a new town to escape the community that still has suspicions about him, and moves in with his uncle to finish high school.  His aunt, however, is not happy that he is there, and neither is his eleven-year-old cousin Lily, who turns out to be much less innocent than she appears.  To make matters more complicated, Lily’s older sister (and David’s cousin) Kathy died tragically three years ago, and she seems to be haunting her old home.  Or is David just imagining things?  This book will keep you guessing right up to the surprising ending.  Which of the three cousins in the book is really the killer?

So DBRLTeen recommends The Killer’s Cousin, by Nancy Yerlin, because we all need to learn to live with our mistakes, no matter how big they are (and you’ll have to read the book to understand what that means ).

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