The Girl is Trouble
by Kathryn Miller Haines
sequel to The Girl is Murder
It's the Fall of 1942 and Iris's world is rapidly changing. Her Pop is back
from the war with a missing leg, limiting his ability to do the physically
grueling part of his detective work. Iris is dying to help, especially when she
discovers that one of Pop's cases involves a boy at her school. Now, instead of
sitting at home watching Deanna Durbin movies, Iris is sneaking out of the
house, double crossing her friends, and dancing at the Savoy till all hours of
the night. There's certainly never a dull moment in the private eye
business. (description from Amazon.com)
Amateur sleuth, Iris, is back and the stakes have gone up another notch. The war is Europe is looming over everyone in Iris' life and it's starting to take its toll on her friends at school, her neighbors, and especially her father... The kids at school in the Jewish afterschool club have started receiving threats. Iris learns her mother may have been murdered and because...well, the reason would have been absolutely horrifying! Unsure who she can trust, whether her best friend and father are lying to her, and feeling like her world is crumbling around her, Iris must do the best she can to find out all the nitty-gritty details to clear everything up and set her world back to rights.
Again, my fellow Veronica Mars fans, remember those moments when Veronica's life was spinning completely out of control and while Veronica was emotionally crumbling, her mind seemed to clear and she became a private investigating MACHINE? Those were the best parts of each season...the moments when I was absolutely riveted. This book, is that moment in written form. Absolutely riveting and emotionally draining in the best type of way...
Full disclosure: Borrowed through interlibrary loan
