SuitabookSuspense and danger
A friend disappears after Cathy begins making friends, and a body is found in Beach Point Bay while the Sea Side Strangler is reportedly loose.
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Nina Mansfield - Author
This is a teenage mystery combining a potentially dangerous investigation with changes in Cathy’s family life, new friendships and a first crush. Its central appeal is the question of what happened in Beach Point and whether the suspected killer is responsible.
"The Sea Side Strangler is on the loose in Beach Point, where fifteen-year-old Cathy Banks is spending the summer with her aunt (who happens to be mystery writer Roberta McCabe). Although thrilled to be away from her psychotic, divorcing parents, with no cell phone or internet access, Cathy is positive that her summer is going to be wretched. Just when she begins to make friends, and even finds a crush to drool over, her new friend Lauren vanishes. When a body surfaces in Beach Point Bay, Cathy is forces to face the question: Has the Sea Side Strangler struck again?"
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a teenage mystery combining a potentially dangerous investigation with changes in Cathy’s family life, new friendships and a first crush. Its central appeal is the question of what happened in Beach Point and whether the suspected killer is responsible.
A friend disappears after Cathy begins making friends, and a body is found in Beach Point Bay while the Sea Side Strangler is reportedly loose.
Cathy is spending the summer with her aunt while away from her divorcing parents and without mobile-phone or internet access.
Cathy begins making friends and develops a crush before her new friend Lauren vanishes.
The premise includes a missing friend, a body, a suspected strangler and parents described as psychotic and divorcing. These elements may merit a check-in if crime, death or family upheaval could be difficult for the reader.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the current material supports only a cautious reading; another book-specific source is still needed.
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