Crime fiction for teens
Crime fiction for teens including titles by Tia Fisher, Robert Muchamore, Ashley Hickson-Lovence, Maureen Johnson, Ben Oliver, Karen M. McManus, Cynthia Murphy and Holly Jackson.
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Carrie Doyle is an American author known for her work in children’s and young adult fiction, as well as adult mystery novels. She co-authored the bestselling series The Ashford Affair and The Infidelity Pact with Jill Kargman. Doyle is the author of the Hamptons Murder Mysteries series, which includes titles such as Death on Windmill Way, Death on Lily Pond Lane, Death on West End Road, and Death on Bull Path. These books are published by Sourcebooks.
For younger readers, Doyle wrote The Murder Game, a young adult mystery novel published by Sourcebooks Fire in 2021. The book follows a student at a boarding school who becomes involved in a real-life murder investigation. Doyle has also written It Takes Two to Mango, the first book in the Trouble in Paradise! mystery series, published by Sourcebooks in 2022.
Her work has been featured in publications such as Vogue, Town & Country, and Vanity Fair. Doyle is a founding partner of Sweetheart Media, a film and television production company. She has also worked as an editor at Town & Country magazine.
The Murder Game was selected as a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection in 2021.
Crime fiction for teens including titles by Tia Fisher, Robert Muchamore, Ashley Hickson-Lovence, Maureen Johnson, Ben Oliver, Karen M. McManus, Cynthia Murphy and Holly Jackson.
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