Rachel the Page-Turner's Reviews > American Girl

Charlie Hudson is on the autism spectrum, and much like Molly Gray in “The Maid”, her awkwardness makes her seem suspicious when there is a murder. It also makes her trust the people she shouldn’t, and distrust those she should.

Charlie works at a sandwich shop called ‘The Triple S’ to save money for college. She’s quite gifted at math, and has just been accepted to MIT. Like Molly, she lives by a set of rules her mother taught her (the rules remind me a lot of “Zombieland” - I loved them!) and tries her hardest to keep going in a neurotypical world.

Charlie’s boss, Clay Cooper, had a very…creative…way of handling his business affairs, and the FBI and IRS are now investigating not just his death, but his business practices. A very incriminating video is found that shows Charlie inside the restaurant the night Coop was killed in the kitchen. Was this 17-year-old girl a witness…or worse?

I adored this character; she really made the book, which otherwise was your typical murder mystery. The entire book was enjoyable, but the ending was excellent! Everything came together well with some twists I didn’t see coming, and it tied everything together very neatly. This was a really fun read with a great protagonist - four stars.

(Thank you to Blackstone Publishing, Wendy Walker and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my review.)