Back in 1978, four teens snuck off to the woods to get high and fool around. But what should have been just teenage nonsense resulted in all four kids murdered.
Now teen sleuth Stevie, famous for solving a cold case dating from the 1930s, has been invited to Sunny Pines camp for kids by its new owner, Carson. Carson wants to do a podcast about the more than forty year old mass murder and he hopes Stevie can use her sleuthing skills to solve what the professionals could not. As a bonus, he will give jobs to any of her friends she brings along with her.
Stevie has been working at a grocery store for the summer and the idea of a summer at a camp in the woods is very appealing, especially since two of her friends are eager and willing to join her. So the three head off to Sunny Pines and Stevie is happy to be on the trail of the person or persons who brutally murdered four teenagers one warm summer night forty-two years ago.
As far as mysteries go, this was a pretty good read. It wasn't as engrossing as some mystery stories I have read. But it also wasn't as boring as some I have slogged through. It kept me engaged. The one thing I didn't much care for is the killer was not one of the main characters and is only briefly mentioned in passing a few times in most of the book. I don't like it when authors pull some obscure character out of the background of a story to be the killer. But other than that, I enjoyed the book.
See also Kirkus for another review of the story.
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