The Morgue and Me
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4.6 • 5 Ratings
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
AN EDGAR AWARD AND AGATHA AWARD NOMINEE • With plenty of plot twists and dry wit, this darkly comedic, modern take on the classic detective genre will keep you guessing until the last page.
“A throw-back style detective novel that readers of all stripes should pay attention to.”—Los Angeles Times
“Fast-paced and full of red herrings.”—New York Post
When the mystery starts in the morgue, things are bound to get interesting.
Christopher just needed a job to kill time the summer after graduation. He didn’t expect to stumble across a murder cover-up when he was hired as a janitor at the morgue. As an aspiring spy he can’t help but dig deeper into the mystery, but he’s smart enough to know he’s in over his head. With the sheriff as his prime suspect he turns to Tina, a gorgeous newspaper reporter, to help him get to the bottom of the case. Suddenly they find themselves in a full-blown investigation involving bribery, kidnappings, more murders . . . and his best friend.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Ford's dark and stellar debut, which nicely updates many classic mystery tropes, tells the story of high school valedictorian Christopher Newell, who takes a summer job at the hospital morgue before heading to college. Naturally, he stumbles across something he shouldn't $15,000 in cash and a dead body that the medical examiner has ruled a suicide, even though the body had been shot five times in the torso. Certain that the medical examiner and the sheriff are connected, Christopher starts to investigate alongside Tina, a sexy young reporter for the local paper. The plot covers a wide range of characters, including Christopher's ex-neighbor (and crush), Julia; her police officer older brother, Tim; the town's mayor and his daughter; and Christopher's best friend, Mike, an amateur bookie. Christopher and Tina uncover interlocking mysteries involving blackmail, corruption and murder, which span years of the town's history. Ford spins a tale that's complex but not confusing, never whitewashing some of the harsher crimes people commit. The result is a story that holds its own as a mainstream mystery as well as a teen novel. Ages 12 up.
