In my time the youthful suspense narrative came from the adventures of the five. Until suddenly we plunged into the universe of Stephen King no hot cloths. Now there is an intermediate step and it is called Holly Jackson, the writer of thrillers for young people.
It will also be partly because the young readers of today are not enough with simple adventures. And of course, beyond reviewing classics like Sherlock Holmes or Huckleberry Finn or Tom Sawyer from Mark Twain (in its prolific, more youthful side), today criminal narrative rules and there are always new niches to find potential readers of the black genre. Young and less young already find in Jackson the perfect excuse to take a tour of the darkest side of our world.
Although, of course, you have to smooth things over. You will not find in the Jackson gore arguments or criminal roll Hannibal Lecter. But it has its thing how this author goes into stories where the homicidal takes on essential prominence and then softens and nuances it by focusing on other aspects of the characters. A formula for success today for young readers around the world.
Holly Jackson's Top 3 Recommended Novels
Murder for beginners
You never know where the fiction begins in this story. The fact that it can be based on more or less real facts gives the story that I don't know what of disturbing certainty. It is not a metafiction that at times seeps into recognizable environments. It is that here the plot is linked to reality itself to seek some kind of compensation, or not, in areas of happy endings that are more in line with the reality that we would like to discover.
Five years ago, student Andie Bell was murdered by Sal Singh. The police know it was him. Her companions too. Everybody knows.
But Pippa has grown up in the same city that she has been and she is not so sure... Determined to unearth the truth, Pippa makes this murder the subject of her final year project. Little by little, she will begin to discover secrets that someone has insisted on hiding. If the killer is still on the loose, what will he be able to do to keep Pippa from the truth?
Disappearance for experts
Set to abound in police fields with that ambivalence between youthful adventure and noir vibes, the author offers us in this novel a continuation of her first work with that aftertaste of the birth of a heroine. Because she once put on the superheroine costume, Pippa no longer
Pippa doesn't want to go into research: the price to pay is too high. After solving Andie Bell's murder, Pippa decided to close that stage forever. And while the podcast he recorded with Ravi about the case has gone viral, he insists his detective days are behind him...
Or that's what she thinks. Because when Jamie Reynolds disappears and the police can't find him, Pippa has no choice but to go back to her old ways... But this time, everyone's watching her.
revenge for victims
The third installment of the saga introduces us to a figure in criminal investigation. His nose for research is already fully developed and nothing escapes him. So any criminal must look for the perfect murder or blackmail in order to defeat her.
Pip is used to receiving threats. She has a true crime podcast that has gone viral and, in addition, her work as her investigator has meant that she has created a few more enemies. But among all those messages that come to him, there are some that worry him. They are constantly repeated. They only ask him one question, always the same: "Who will look for you when you are the one who disappears?"
Her suspicions are confirmed when she realizes that whoever sent her those anonymous letters has gone from threatening to persecuting her. And everything will get worse when she finds similarities between the way her stalker acts and a murderer who, in theory, has been in jail for years... Or could it be that an innocent man is behind bars and the murderer is on the loose? ? Be that as it may, Pip must find the necessary answers or, this time, she will be the one who will disappear...
Other Recommended Holly Jackson Books
Five Survive
Recovering that taste for friends exposed to a thousand dangers from the most classic adventure stories, Five Survive is a fast-paced and unforgettable journey.
Six friends, one trip and one goal: to survive. On spring break, six friends decide to go on a road trip. They, a camper and miles ahead. This will be the ride of your life.
But when their van breaks down in the middle of nowhere, in an area without coverage and far from any inhabited area, they will discover that it was not an accident. Someone stalks them. Someone who demands to know a secret that one of them is hiding. And that he is willing to kill for him.
