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In sunny Southern California, 17-year-old Ruby Rose is known for her killer looks and her killer SAT scores. But ever since her dad, an LAPD SWAT sergeant, died, she’s also got a few killer secrets. To cope, Ruby has been trying to stay focused on school (the top spot in her class is on the line) and spending time with friends (her Jimmy Choos and Manolo Blahniks are nothing if not loyal). But after six months of therapy and pathetic parenting by her mom, the District Attorney, Ruby decides to pick up where her dad left off and starts going after the bad guys herself.

När de besöker farmor på Mallorca det här höstlovet är det något som inte stämmer. Farmor kommer inte för att ta emot dem och maten är inte påbörjad. De tror att hon är försvunnen tills de hittar henne fastbunden i vardagsrummet. Farmor försöker skämta bort det och vägrar ta kontakt med polisen. Zäta måste nu ta reda på vad det är farmor döljer... Elsie Petrén föddes 1954 är en svensk författare och musiker. Hon skriver deckare för ungdomar men kan även spela saxofon. Mest känd är hon för sin serie om Kommissarie Tax, som hon också gjort musikföreställningar om.

June, 1993. Claire has been dumped in rural Indianola, Texas, to spend her whole vacation taking care of mean, sickly Grammy. There's nothing too remarkable about Indianola: It's run-down, shabby, and sweltering, a pindot on the Gulf Coast. Except there is something remarkable. Memories shimmer and change. Lizards whisper riddles under the pecan trees. People disappear as if they never existed. Yesterday keeps coming unspooled, like a video tape. And worst of all, a red-lightning storm from beyond our world may just wipe the whole town off the map.

Magic is desperately at risk of being lost forever… All because of one witch. The original one. Mater Inferni. She must be stopped. Witchcraft must be eradicated. But to do so, will be the biggest challenge Rose Beaufont has ever faced. Actually it will be the greatest feat most anyone has confronted. Few are as powerful as Mater Inferni. Finding her will be key. Determining how to destroy her might be impossible. Doing it will be life threatening. Can Rose take down the Mother of Witches before she destroys magic?

Step into the grand halls of the Hamilton School for Girls, where excitement is reaching a fever pitch. World-renowned violinist Madame Elise Durand has arrived to debut a priceless, never-before-heard concerto. But just as the anticipation crescendos, a piercing shriek echoes through the dining hall. Sabotage! Madame Durand's precious violin lies with its strings severed, and the one-of-a-kind sheet music—her legacy—has vanished.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A teen girl’s attempt at social reinvention takes a deadly turn when a co-worker disappears—and she learns she may have been the last person to see the missing girl—in this razor-sharp, murderously funny thriller debut. After the incident last year, Greta Riley...