Bestselling author Mariah Fredericks is known for writing perceptive novels about teens’ struggles with peer pressure. Her adult characters are reputed to be as believable as her teen characters. When I got the opportunity to read an advance readers’ copy (ARC) of her newest novel, The Girl in the Park, I couldn’t resist. This murder mystery set in the party world of privileged Manhattan teens definitely sounded intriguing to me. Although it’s a YA novel, I believe it has enough depth to appeal to mystery-loving adults as well.

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