Maggie Quinn was expecting to find plenty of trouble with Lisa over Spring Break. Destination: South Padre Island! Give a girl a bikini, a beachfront hotel, and an absent boyfriend, and it’s as good as a road map to the dark side.
And Maggie and Lisa plan to enjoy every bit of it–just like nice, normal college freshmen. No fire, brimstone, or demonic sorority girls: these ladies are officially off the clock.
But Maggie doesn’t have to go looking for trouble. Trouble has started looking for her. One dead cow and a punctured gas tank later, she and Lisa are stuck in Dulcina, Texas—a tiny bit of town in an ocean of ranch land.
An eerie predator is stalking the territory. Cattle are dying mysteriously, with strange bite marks on their hides. Judging by the rising body count, whatever’s doing the killing is getting bolder by the day.
Everyone in town has a theory, and Maggie doesn’t need her psychic mojo to see that something is seriously wrong. Only no one—not even Maggie’s closest ally—wants to admit that they could have been forced on a detour down the highway to hell.
So much for a carefree spring break. Because if evil doesn’t take a vacation, neither can Maggie.
<aside> ⭐ WINNER 2010 ALA Best Books for Young Adults
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“A first-rate mystery.” –School Library Journal