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Heather Wells has traded pop‑star fame for a Size‑12 life and a position as assistant dorm director at one of New York’s top colleges. When a student's body is discovered in her residence hall’s elevator shaft, the campus authorities dismiss it as an accident, but Heather’s instinct that teenage girls won’t do such a thing drives her to investigate. As more students die in mysterious ways, she turns detective, confronting a killer who has no patience for a former pop star who knows how to sniff out clues.
First publish date: 2005
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Cozy Mystery
Authors: Meg Cabot
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