Book#243, International Collection, Themes: The School Mystery / The Amateur Sleuth / The Predator Teacher / Whodunit, Keywords: Private School, Bangalore, School Trek, Bullying, Amateur Sleuth, Transgender Detective, Secret Past, Pedophilia/Predator themes, Whodunit, Mini England.
The Queen Bee is dead. But her secrets are still stinging.
Camellia Davies was the girl everyone loved to hate. Beautiful, cruel, and fearless. When her body is found floating in the river after a school trek, the list of suspects is long: the rival she humiliated, the cousin she cheated out of an inheritance, the stepfather she tormented.
But Hannah Brown, a private investigator with a sharp eye for the masks people wear, sees something darker lurking in the pristine halls of Ivory Public School. She sees a terrified boy who witnessed the murder. She sees a teacher with a hidden past. And she sees a predator hiding in plain sight.
As a second body drops and the silence in “Mini England” grows deafening, Hannah must use her own experience as an outsider to unlock the truth. Because in a world of perfect surfaces, the ugliest secrets are always buried the deepest.
(A smart, atmospheric mystery featuring the inimitable Hannah Brown.)
[CONTENT WARNING] Contains themes of: Murder/Violence, Bullying, Predatory Behavior/Grooming (Teacher/Student dynamic), Child Pornography (referenced as evidence found on a laptop), and Transphobia (slurs used by the villain).
Heat Level (1-5) 2 (Romantic / Suspenseful) There is no erotica. The romance with Bradley is sweet and supportive. The “heat” comes from the tension of the investigation and the danger Hannah faces. The sexual content (the villain’s collection) is disturbing evidence, not titillating.