Julep Dupree tells lies. A lot of them. Sheās a con artist, a master of disguise, and a sophomore at Chicagoās swanky St. Agatha High, where her father, an old-school grifter with a weakness for the ponies, sends her so she can learn to mingle with the upper crust. For extra spending money, Julep runs petty scams for her classmates while dodging the dean of students and maintaining an A+ (okay, A-) average. She's a fixer, and she's good at it. But it's not what she wants. And soon, she'll hang up her grifter skills for good.
But when she comes home one day to a ransacked apartment and her father missing, Julepās carefully laid plans for going straight start to unravel. Even with help from St. Agathaās resident Prince Charming, Tyler Richland, and her loyal hacker, Sam, Julep struggles to trace her dadās trail of clues through a maze of creepy stalkers, hit attempts, family secrets, and worse, the threat of foster care. With her literal life at stake, Julep will need to use every grift in the book to find and save her dad before his mark finds--and eliminates--her.
Fans of Ally Carter's Heist Society novels will love this teen mystery/thriller with sarcastic wit, a hint of romance, and Oceanās Elevenāinspired action.
Will Julep outsmart her enemies and find her father? Or is she too late? Buy the book now to join Julep's crack team and discover each new twist along the way.
MARY ELIZABETH SUMMER (she/her š³ļøāš ) likes to poke at dark places until the light spills out, which is why her characters are constantly glaring at her and applying adhesive bandages. She is currently contributing to the delinquency of minors by writing books about a teen con artist solving mysteries by doing crime. She lives in Portland, Oregon with her spouse, daughter, and small menagerie of pets. For email updates on new releases, sign up on maryelizabethsummer.com.