The Mist in the Garden: A Teen Supernatural Mystery Thriller (The Zodiac Files Book 1)

A mysterious new girl in town. A golden boy with something to hide. The haunted house next door. Welcome to Starvale, a small town full of big secrets.

With a professional psychic for a mother, Zodiac Jones is constantly hustling to avoid eviction, cops, and having to skip town. Again. She just wants to stay in one place long enough to get ahead so she can leave the supernatural con game behind and have a nice, normal life.

Jacob Starr is the golden boy of Starvale, with a perfect image to uphold. But something calls to him from the abandoned house next door. It knows his name, and rises in the night, cold and mysterious. And it wants something from him.

When Zoey and her mother stumble into Starvale, and Jacob, the rich son of the mayor, wants to pay Zoey to help him, who is she to say no, even if it means pretending they’re a couple? If her mom can run a psychic con, so can she. One more con to keep them in their new town.

But the deeper Zoey and Jacob dig, the more secrets they uncover in the sleepy little resort town. As they unbury dirty, dangerous mystery after mystery, Zoey is no longer sure what to believe. All she knows is she needs to keep her client safe.

If he's dead, who's going to pay her bill?

A supernatural thriller for teens perfect for fans of Stranger Things, Wednesday, Supernatural, and Lockwood&Co.
This book contains mild profanity and violence. No spice.
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