Murder Takes a Selfie: Oceanside High Cozy Mystery Book 1 - by Shannon Symonds (Paperback)

About the Book

Esther's mother is getting remarried, which is more than a little worrisome. Her father not only abused her mother, but also Esther leaving her with PTSD. Will this new husband still be the amazing man he was as a boyfriend or will he turn out to be a replica of her abusive father? While her mother is out of town, for her honeymoon, Esther's friend Parker suffers a tragedy when his mother and twin sister go missing. In an attempt to help her friend, Esther finds she really likes Parker, she is excellent at breaking rules, and she and her friends just might know a thing or two about solving mysteries.;; Death takes a Selfie is a cozy mystery set in Oregon where four friends work to solve the mystery of the missing mother and missing twin sister.

Book Synopsis

If you like Nancy Drew and Agatha Christie, you'll love Esther and her best friend, Sophie, in book one of the By the Sea Cozy Mystery series! Oceanside High students Esther and Sophie prefer life between the covers of their favorite books, but they open an entirely new adventure and begin an exciting new chapter when the Stuart twins, Parker and Paisley, move from Great Britain to an old mansion in Esther and Sophie's small beach town. The girls score invitations to a celebrity author's book-launch party at the twins' mansion, but after the selfies are snapped, someone goes missing, and everyone is a suspect. Used to hiding behind her glasses and cardigans, Esther has secrets that only her cat and Sophie know. But when someone's life is at stake, what will Esther risk to solve the mystery and save her friends?