No Such Person by Caroline Cooney (246 Pages)

It's been a long time since I've read a Caroline Cooney book, but she is such a master of craft, that I couldn't resist her latest book. It is the story of a family who owns a summer cottage on a river. Two sisters, Lander (the perfect one) and Miranda the younger sister ( who feels she is not as bright, pretty, etc. as her older sister. Lander begins dating this dashing, handsome young man and it looks like the perfect summer romance is forming. However, Miranda is concerned and tries to warn her sister that something about him doesn't seem so good.  Out for an evening of dinner and a romantic cruise around the river, the young man disappears saying he is going after something and will be right back. But he isn't right back and before she knows what is happening, Lander is under arrest for premeditated murder. To say Cooney has not lost her ability to create a page turner is an understatement. The reader feels Lander's desperation as she is in prison, praying for something to break, and her nightmare to end. This is an easy, fast paced read. Really good!