{"product_id":"dead-girls-talking-paperback-1","title":"Dead Girls Talking - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMegan Cooley Peterson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe town of Wolf Ridge calls him The Smiley Face Killer. Bettina Holland calls him her father.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEveryone knows Bettina's father was the one who murdered her mother a decade ago. It's the subject of podcasts, murder tours, and even a highly anticipated docuseries. But after growing up grappling with what that means, a string of copycat murders forces Bett to answer a harder question: What if he \u003ci\u003edidn't\u003c\/i\u003e? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOld-money Bett must team up with the only person willing to investigate alongside her: bookish goth girl Eugenia, the mortician's daughter, who everyone says puts the makeup on corpses. Can this \"true crime princess\" unmask a murderer who's much closer to home than she ever imagined? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGritty, gripping, and propulsive from page one, \u003ci\u003eDead Girls Talking \u003c\/i\u003eis a ride for readers who love to see girls get their hands dirty as they claw their way to the truth. Peterson's knife-sharp thriller cuts deep, with a wicked sense of humor, a wire-taut atmosphere, and a deadly serious approach to bigger issues of justice and female anger. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAS FEATURED ON THE NERD DAILY AND THE \u003ci\u003eSTAR TRIBUNE \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Spine-tingling.\"\u003c\/b\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Engrossing. This is a book you won't want to put down.\"\u003c\/b\u003e--Crystal J. Bell, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lamplighter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMegan Cooley Peterson\u003c\/b\u003e is an author, editor, and coffee drinker. As a teenager, Megan was part of a repressive, cult-like doomsday church that didn't like to be questioned. She questioned anyway. Megan has written about her experience in Bustle, highlighting how it helped shape \u003ci\u003eThe Liar's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e, her first young adult novel. The author of more than 80 nonfiction books for children, she has written on a wide variety of topics, including dinosaurs, sharks, urban legends, and haunted objects. Megan lives in Minnesota with her husband and daughter. Learn more at megancooleypeterson.com or connect on Twitter @meganncpeterson or Instagram @megancooleypeterson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.8 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 16, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47398225051897,"sku":"9780823461851","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/tN-Ds5u88s9780823461851_b5182c46-6821-4d6f-9b7e-08a8a2dc1ea9.webp?v=1770301067","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/dead-girls-talking-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}