Mister Death's Blue-Eyed Girls

Written by Mary Downing Hahn

A murder shakes a town's beliefs. Can one girl uncover the truth?

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336 pages· 77,341 words· Est. 8.5 hour read· HL700L

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Bookroo's summary

In 1955 Maryland, two girls are murdered, and the town blames Buddy Novak. Nora Cunningham, initially convinced of his guilt, begins to question everything she knows. As the lone voice of dissent, she must navigate shattered friendships and unravel the truth. Can she prove Buddy's innocence, or will the real killer remain hidden? Dive into a gripping tale of mystery and self-discovery, where every perspective reveals a new layer of suspense.

From the publisher

Based on an actual crime in 1955, this YA novel is at once a mystery and a coming-of-age story. The brutal murder of two teenage girls on the last day of Nora Cunningham’s junior year in high school throws Nora into turmoil. Her certainties–friendships, religion, her prudence, her resolve to find a boyfriend taller than she is–are shaken or cast off altogether. Most people in Elmgrove, Maryland, share the comforting conviction that Buddy Novak, who had every reason to want his ex-girlfriend dead, is responsible for the killings. Nora agrees at first, then begins to doubt Buddy’s guilt, and finally comes to believe him innocent–the lone dissenting voice in Elmgrove. Told from several different perspectives, including that of the murderer, Mister Death’s Blue-Eyed Girls is a suspenseful page-turner with a powerful human drama at its core.

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