Carol Plum-Ucci

Its been years since I read "The Body of Christopher Creed" so I was a bit apprehensive about how I'd go with this one but I needn't have worried as I could slide straight back into the small-town universe with all its quirky characters and strange habits. In this one, a college student called Mike is an investigative reporter and is fascinated by the Christopher Creed mythology having read all about his disappearance on a website. In this case, Mike comes to town just as the police uncover another body in the woods which, once again, is not Christopher Creed but that of a young woman. Mike starts his investigations with Christopher 's stoner brother who believes in quantum thought .(That is, if I think something hard enough it will come true). There are also others in the town who believe that the woods hold the secrets to the town's other disappearances and claim to see lights flashing late at night. Its all very intriguing and Mike is drawn deeper into looking at what happened to not only Christopher, but also the woman whose body was found.
I don't want to give the ending away but it was a doozy and completely floored me. I love books that keep me guessing and this one did. A good one for young adults who like their crime/mystery stories to be intellectual rather than gory.… (mais)