Tru Detective

Gr 10 Up—When Truman's girlfriend, Natalia, doesn't show up for the romantic dinner he's planned for her, he becomes angry—angry enough to trash the dining room in his parents' house. So when he wakes the next morning to two detectives informing him that Natalia has been murdered, he quickly becomes the primary suspect. Determined to prove his innocence and bring the real killer to justice, Truman embarks on a quest to find out the truth—only to discover that there was much more to Natalia than he ever could have imagined. With a story that unspools across the pages, laying out clues and the details as it goes, this mystery begs to be read in one sitting. Stark black-and-white illustrations give the book a noir feel that contrasts with the youth of the main character but doesn't conflict with it—instead it makes Truman's journey into the darkness of Natalia's story more powerful.