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School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2015 | Grades 9 and Up
Gr 6–10—Sixteen-year-old Scarlett is a Sam Spade-talking, fedora-wearing Muslim American who runs her own detective agency in the gritty city of Las Almas. Scarlett's usual cases involve adultery and insurance fraud until a 10-year-old girl hires her to investigate a suicide. The minute the teen takes the case, she is tailed by two strange girls with gold circles in their eyes. Someone breaks into her apartment and steals a family heirloom....Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on May 1, 2015
Teen detective Scarlett is wary and a bit insulted when nine-year-old Gemma appears at her office. But then Gemma tells her that she thinks her brother murdered somebody. A somebody whose death has already been ruled a suicide by the authorities. Scarlett accepts the case, and she’s soon launched into a dangerous mystery that doesn’t just involve the girl’s brother but also a shadowy group determined to find a mystical relic of the Muslim faith. Scarlett, herself more of ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
Teen detective Scarlett investigates a possible murder (ruled a suicide by the authorities); soon she's launched into a dangerous mystery th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
