Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s) The book has mild shelf

Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s) The book has mild shelf wear and the spine is cocked a bit. The dust jacket has multiple edge tears and edge wear. Protected now in a new Mylar archival cover. 200 pages. Inscribed to the book's previous owner and signed by the author, a winner of four Edgar Allan Poe Awards from the Mystery Writers of America. From the publisher: "Furious at her father for breaking up their family, Abbie Thompson acted without thinking and got arrested for malicious mischief. Now the judge has assigned her to volunteer in a program that matches teens with the elderly. But Abbie doesn't get just any elderly person. She gets Edna Merkel, a cranky, difficult woman who's a member of the town's crime prevention group. In fact, Mrs. Merkel is too active a member, and after she brags that she's on to something big, she is attacked and ends up hospitalized. Suddenly the private investigator game is real, and only Abbie, with the help of Mrs. Merkel's indecipherable notebook, can figure out who did it. But will Abbie get to the assailant before the assailant gets to her? "