Beauty Must Die

Mae is far from happy when she's sent to live with her grandparents in the little village of Tallahawney in the Deep South to finally learn some discipline and retake her high school leaving exams. But not long after her arrival, there's a terrible tragedy: her classmate Shirley is brutally murdered. The police have no leads. So Mae decides to mount her own investigation, with help from the popular but reserved Nathan. It soon becomes clear that everyone in the village has something to hide. Mae is drawn into a dangerous web of lies and intrigue, which also threatens to expose the well-kept secrets of her own family ...

A thrilling crime plot meets powerful emotions

Tropes: missing person, serial killer, cold case