<p><b>CCBC Experts’ Pick: October 2022<\/b><\/p>
\n<p><b>A gripping locked-door YA murder mystery told from multiple perspectives from Governor General’s Award \u2013 and Crime Writers of Canada Award \u2013 nominated author of <i>The Grey Sisters<\/i> and <i>Blood Will Out<\/i>.<\/b><\/p>
\n<p>The back-to-school blowout filled with drinks and drugs isn’t Frankie’s scene, but she would do anything for her childhood best friend, Jessa, whose recent ugly duckling transformation has her hanging with a new crowd and vying for pretty boy Malcolm \u2013 the popular senior throwing the all-out rager on his father’s deserted development property.<br><br>
\nMartin hasn’t heard from his old friends since his father lost everything and moved them across town. Until the party invitation. Between working double-shifts and avoiding his father’s sad-guilty routine, Martin decides to blow off some steam. But the party house is a monument to the bad real estate deal that left half the town in financial ruin \u2013 and the heart of all that has gone wrong for him and his family.<br><br>
\nCara and her crew of lost girls have been squatting in a model home on the property, stealing for their survival. The party is the perfect mark \u2013 privileged kids, abundant alcohol, and dark corners. The girls score big with their haul, but the celebration is short-lived when they learn their temporary home is at risk of discovery. They could be split up and forced back onto the unsafe streets.<br><br>
\nIn the wake of a brutal brawl, the guests find a lifeless body\u2014and this murder is only the first. Escalating violence drives Frankie, Martin, and Cara to forge new bonds, and together unmask a killer. Narrated from multiple perspectives, <i>Heartbreak Homes<\/i> is about what compels us to kill \u2013 and the true face of justice.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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