Back in the late 1990s and early 2000s, I enjoyed April Henry's short 4-book Claire Montrose series. Claire is a DMV clerk in Oregon whose job is to vet vanity license plates, to make sure nothing too rude or nasty is allowed to slip through onto someone's car. (There are some fun vanity plates included in the various books.)
I remember these as kind of classic mysteries, so I am a little surprised to see that Henry has published what looks to be much more of a thriller (young adult style) with
Stay Dead, which is on sale for $2.99 in the US right now. I'm not much of a thriller person, but I have fond enough memories of the Claire Montrose books that I may give it a try anyway.
Kindle US:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CH843RKZ
Kobo US:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/stay-dead-8
Spoiler:
Quote:
Sometimes, the only way to live is to make sure the world thinks you’re dead . . .
In the aftermath of a car accident that claimed the life of her senator father, sixteen-year-old Milan finds herself adrift, expelled from her third boarding school. Milan’s mother, who has assumed the senate seat, diverts her private plane to pick up her daughter. But on their way home, a bomb rips off a wing and the plane crashes in the mountains. In her final moments, Milan’s mother entrusts her with a key. She reveals it will unlock the evidence that so many people have already died for—including Milan’s father. The only way Milan can survive, her mom tells her, is to let everyone believe she died with the other passengers.
Milan is forced to navigate a perilous descent in freezing conditions while outwitting everything from a drone to wild animals. With relentless assassins on her trail, she must untangle the web of deceit and save herself and countless others. Will she piece together the truth in time?
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