Killing Rachel: The Murder Notebooks

Anne Cassidy

Mar 2013 · A&C Black

About this eBook

Rose's mother and Joshua's father have disappeared. Police inquiries have gone nowhere and the case, it seems, is closed: Rose and Joshua have been told that the police believe their parents are dead. But Rose and Joshua still hold out hope that they are alive. Joshua is determined to follow up his own inquiries, which includes working out the meaning of the cryptic notebooks - the murder notebooks - they have discovered. Then Rose is distracted by odd, desperate messages she receives from Rachel, a former best friend from her school, followed by the terrible news that Rachel is dead. But perhaps Rachel's death will provide one more piece of the puzzle about what has happened to Rose and Joshua's parents . . .

A taut and pacy thriller in The Murder Notebooks series, from an acclaimed writer for teens.

Ratings and reviews

This book had me hooked the moment I started reading it (as did the first one in the series). There is constantly more than one side to the story, and so keeps the reader focused on at least two mysteries at the same time; the intensity is both emotional and fascinating. The only reason I haven't given the book 5* is because the grammar and punctuation could do with improving and the ending seems a little rushed. Otherwise, a great book.

I think it's good but one thing- you have told us every detail about everything and that gets a bit tiresome

I love these books but they describe things that don't need describing

About the author

Anne Cassidy lives in Essex. She was a teacher for twenty years. Her first book was published in 1991 and she has published over twenty teen novels. She is the author of Looking for JJ, which was shortlisted for the Whitbread Award 2004 and the Carnegie Medal 2005 and was winner of the 2004 Booktrust Teenage Book Award. The Murder Notebooks series is Anne Cassidy's first publication with Bloomsbury.
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