Dial em for murder : she wanted to write a mystery, not live it

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Author:

Bates, Marni, author.

ISBN:

9781440595851

Physical Description:

288 pages ; 23 cm

Abstract:

When a strange man dies literally on top of her, 16-year-old Emmy is thrust into a mystery much more horrifying than the one in the novel she's writing.

Subject:

Teenagers -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation.

Teenagers.

Teenagers -- Juvenile fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Juvenile fiction.

Detective and mystery fiction -- Juvenile fiction.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Fiction.

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction -- Juvenile fiction.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Detective and mystery fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726581

Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787

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Audience	Shelf Location	Material Type	Shelf Number	Current Location
Teen/Young Adult	Fiction	Book	YA FIC BATES	Searching... Unknown

Sixteen-year-old Emmy Danvers was just trying to write a halfway decent romance novel when a senile old man mumbled a cryptic warning, tackled her to the ground in the middle of Starbucks, and...died right on top of her.

Unfortunately for Emmy, the incident wasn't quite as random as she thought, and it turns out that the old man might have taken a bullet for her. Not only that, he slipped something into her pocket: a digital tablet containing secrets that she has no idea how to unlock, but that others are ready to kill for. Thrust into a world where nothing is as it seems, Emmy must try to track down her absentee father, deal with a flirtatious bad boy who may or may not be on her side, and, oh yeah, stay one step ahead of the killers lurking in the shadows of an exclusive prep school. The old man's parting advice to "trust nobody" doesn't sound so crazy after all....

"Bates weaves a fast-paced, heart-in-throat thriller!" -- Mary Elizabeth Summer , author of Trust Me, I'm Lying and Trust Me, I'm Trouble

" Dial Em for Murder kept me up--with all the lights on--long past my bedtime." -- Tracy Deebs , author of Doomed and The Tempest series, and coauthor of The Hero Agenda series

"Marni Bates's Dial Em for Murder has it all: quirky humor, pulse-quickening action, and a sassy heroine you'll love."-- Emily McKay , author of The Farm series

"A funny and engaging read that will keep you guessing." -- Paula Stokes , author of Liars, Inc .

Author Notes

Marni Bates is the author of Dial Em for Murder, a Simon & Schuster book.

Reviews (2)

School Library Journal Review

Gr 7 Up-Emmy Danvers is working on her latest romance novel at Starbucks when a seemingly senile old man approaches her. After warning her that she and her father are in danger, he tackles her to the ground and then dies. Emmy is shaken, but full-on panic sets in when she learns that the old man was murdered while protecting her and that she was the original target. Suddenly, Emmy is swept up in a cat and mouse game that brings her to a prestigious boarding school, Emptor Academy, the home of the deceased old man and his grandson, Sebastian St. James. Emmy has no choice but to trust Sebastian as she races to unlock a high-tech tablet loaded with confidential information about her father, all before an elusive killer stops her. After the strong opening, the promising premise falls flat. The plot quickly devolves into a confusing series of events that lack connection, the inconsistent pacing fails to successfully maintain suspense, and the characterization relies too heavily on tropes-sexy bad boy, beautiful but nasty rich girl-to provide real depth. VERDICT Too many loose ends, weak characterizations, and an anticlimactic conclusion will not entice readers. Pass.-Kelsey Johnson-Kaiser, St. Paul Public Library © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Booklist Review

All Emmy wants to do is go to school, be with her best friends, Audrey and Ben well, maybe move beyond friendship with Ben and draft her romance novel while sipping Frappuccinos. Unfortunately, a mysterious old man in Starbucks has different plans: before collapsing, dead, on top of her, he secretly slips an electronic tablet into Emmy's pocket, warns her that her long-lost father is in danger, and tells her to trust no one. That last caveat proves impossible when someone starts stalking her, and her only confidante is wealthy, arrogant Sebastian St. James, the Starbucks enigma's grandson. On a scholarship from Sebastian, Emmy attends Emptor Academy, a private school with How to Get Away with Murder-style classes. Loose ends abound, and it's not clear what the school's objective is for its students, but Emmy pursues the truth to a thrilling conclusion. Full of witty back-and-forth banter and a knowing tongue-in-cheek tone, Emmy's mystery is far from solved, and all clues point to a sequel.--Kling, Caitlin Copyright 2017 Booklist

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