Intriguing Mystery

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I was a little surprised this mystery touched on some deeper topics, but I was surprised in a really good way. I was a expecting a little more of a thriller, but I was not disappointed by this twisty mystery. I liked the town’s back story even if we don’t get a resolution to all the unsolved murders (all of which were teenage girls who were runners).

Stella and Ellie are sisters with a complicated relationship that isn’t helped by how competitive they are with their cross country running. Stella had it all the scholarship with a full ride to Georgetown until an incident occurred with another runner which caused her to spend her summer at a mental health/cross country training facility. Ellie spent her summer getting into the secretive kind of trouble.

School starts and there’s new competition on the team talented runner Mila has moved to town. Stella and Ellie should be upset, but Mila befriends them both. After a minor disagreement with Stella and Ellie telling Mila Ellie’s biggest secret Mila goes missing while out on a run. It’s a race to figure out what happened while the rest of the town is already convinced that Stella is the monster.