The Red Rock Killer (Paperback or Softback)

A 13-year-old vs. a serial killer. What could go wrong?
*Winner of the ITW BIPOC Scholarship judged by R.L. Stine*
*Crime Writers of Canada’s Award Finalist for Best Juvenile/YA Novel*
*Killer Nashville Claymore Award Finalist for Best Juvenile/YA Manuscript*

This summer, I want to find the Red Rock Killer.

Wild, right? We should game, eat dumplings, and read up on the Civil War while we’re only 13 and too young to work.

But when my two best friends make me hike the Red Rock Canyon outside Las Vegas, we stumble across a barrel that puts me on the police's speed dial.

Now the Red Rock Killer feels personal.

I need to know who terrorizes Sin City.

No matter how much it scares my mom.

Or me.

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An innocent young adult mystery with felony, friendship, and found family.

No gore, no sex, no swearing, but lots of heart.

Melissa Yi is best known for her heroine, resident Dr. Hope Sze, who leaps from fixing ingrown toenails to solving full-blown murders. Melissa won the 2023 Derringer Award for the best short mystery in the English language and the Prix Aurora Award for the best speculative poem in Canada. Melissa loves meeting people online at Kickstarter (https: //www.kickstarter.com/profile/melissayi/created), Facebook (Melissa Yi Yuan-Innes), and her website, http: //www.melissayuaninnes.com/ (free gift with newsletter).