Recently acquitted of murder, 17-year-old David goes to live with his aunt and uncle. In his attic apartment, he sees ghostly shadows at night and the hostile behavior of his 11-year-old cousin, Lily, becomes more threatening. Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery.
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Recently acquitted of murder, 17-year-old David goes to live with his aunt and uncle. In his attic apartment, he sees ghostly shadows at night and the hostile behavior of his 11-year-old cousin, Lily, becomes more threatening. Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery.
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Werlin draws the reader right from the onset in her introduction of the protagonist/narrator David Yaffe who offers tidbits of his past all the while refusing to go into details about why he is a "killer" before launching into the story of his cousin Lily. Throughout the novel we are treated to a balance of David dealing with his evolving feelings of guilt over his past and his dealings with a cousin who is openly antagonistic with whom he has more in common than he thinks...
