Books like Never tell by Alafair Burke
While investigating the suicide of sixteen-year-old Julia Whitmire, whose famous parents believe that she was murdered, NYPD Detective Ellie Hatcher discovers that Julia was engaged in a dangerous game of cyberbullying against an unlikely victim. The case becomes more complicated when the teenager's parents are found dead in her backyard. Ellie, a woman of the streets, is torn between her professional duty and the desire to help her niece. The investigation leads her into a world of dark secrets, including a group of teenagers who use the internet as a tool for suicide and murder. Ellie must unravel the tangled web of lies and deceit, facing both the city's cold-hearted police and the teenagers' own twisted ambitions.
First publish date: 2012
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: Alafair Burke
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