The Vanishing Girl

Daphne Blake and Velma Dinkley were best friends from pre-K until middle school, when Daphne dropped Velma and never looked back. Now they attend Crystal Cove High and pass each other in the halls without a word, each looking the other way.

Daphne belongs to the popular crowd and comes from the richest family in town. Velma is the outsider, a self-declared nerd who keeps the world at a distance behind thick glasses. Neither wants to change the arrangement.

Then Daphne's best friend, Marcy, goes missing. Marcy is also Velma's cousin, which gives both girls a reason to care. A century earlier, Crystal Cove saw a wave of disappearances, and many locals blamed supernatural forces. The town now believes those forces have returned.

Daphne and Velma may be the only people able to find Marcy, but only if they can trust each other enough to work together. This is a young adult mystery that reimagines two classic girl detectives as teenagers, with a mood that leans toward the eerie. The answer may prove stranger and more frightening than either of them expects.