Title: Dead Time
Series: The Murder Notebooks #1
Author: Anne Cassidy
Genre: YA, mystery
Publication date: May 2012
Published by: Walker & Company
Source: Purchased paperback
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Buy it: AmazonSynopsis: When Rose was twelve, her mother and stepfather went out for dinner and never came back. Now seventeen, she lives with her grandmother and goes to school in London. She’s always wondered about her stepbrother, Joshua, whom she only lived with briefly and who was also relocated after their parents’ disappearance. When Rose and Joshua meet again, they find they have much in common, including a desire to uncover the mystery surrounding their parents’ disappearance... and a mutual attraction to each other. But when Rose witnesses the murders of not one but two of her classmates, she must uncover who is behind these violent crimes. And when she and Joshua discover that a much larger conspiracy is underway, both of their lives will be in danger.
I was SO excited to read this one! I love murder mysteries and the synopsis promised me a book that would resonate with fans of The Mortal Instruments, which I AM! And after reading the synopsis, you can figure out why... stepsiblings Joshua and Rose and maybe some sexual tension? Yup 😉 However, this was NOTHING like my beloved TMI, let's just get that out of the way. The sexual tension was one-sided, if not non-existent. Very disappointed 😒 I did like the banter between them, though. It was pretty fun at times... when it wasn’t so dire.. Or when Rose wasn’t being downright bitchy, which I was not a fan of.