The Last Real Girl

A beautiful girl who vanishes. A best friend determined to find her. A lakeside town with secrets of its own. *** When 17-year-old Reese first moved to the wealthy, lakeshore town of St. Clair over five years ago, she never expected someone like Charlotte Walters to take her under her wing. Charlotte is everything that Reese is not: rich, gorgeous, and carefree, living with her enigmatic older brother and her parents in a mansion at the top of the lake. But when senior year starts, everything seems off. Reese notices that Charlotte’s older brother Aiden keeps coming back from college to hang around on weekends, stoic and grim. And Charlotte’s parents seem more distracted, almost lost. Meanwhile, Charlotte keeps insisting to Reese that nothing is wrong, and decides to host a Halloween party with the theme of “missing girls.” That night, at the party, Charlotte goes missing. Everyone who attended becomes an instant suspect, from Charlotte’s brother (who argued with Charlotte earlier that night), to Charlotte’s field hockey teammate (who wasn’t invited to the party in the first place), to Reese herself (who was the last person to see Charlotte alive, out near the lake). With the clock ticking, Reese must unravel what happened to her best friend, and dig through the layers of secrets protecting people in St. Clair. Because now, being the quiet sidekick won’t cut it. And maybe only an outsider to St. Clair can truly confront all of the town’s dark mysteries. THE LAST REAL GIRL is the first novel in the YA mystery trilogy “The Disappearance of Charlotte Walters.” The complete trilogy includes: THE LAST REAL GIRL (Book 1) THE LAST REAL CRIME (Book 2) THE LAST REAL SECRET (Book 3) Praise for THE LAST REAL GIRL: “Warman’s taut prose is pitched perfectly for her subject matter, managing to make the high school drama feel high-stakes and creepy by turns… The author’s sharp senses of pacing and character make this a thoroughly enjoyable read. Readers will be waiting with anticipation for future volumes. A captivating teen mystery in a secretive lakeside town.” -Kirkus Reviews “An intriguing blend of realism and reflection, unsettling discoveries and natural consequences… In this young adult mystery, nothing can be taken for granted and no one connected to the missing girl is untouched.” -Foreword Reviews A Barnes & Noble Teen Back-to-School Sale Pick in 2019 A BookBub Featured New Release Featured in Foreword Reviews July/August 2019 Issue About: L.C. Warman is the author of spooky young adult mysteries. She grew up in New England, in a town where real estate contracts stipulated that you couldn’t back out if you discovered your new place was haunted. She currently lives in a Michigan lakeside town with her husband and two dogs. Keywords: Friendship Books, Teen and Young Adult Mystery, Teen Mystery, Literature and Fiction, Contemporary, Books by L.C. Warman, Series, Teen Series, Gothic Mystery, Missing Girl Book, YA Mystery, YA mystery books, YA mystery thriller, YA mystery thriller books, Teen Mystery Books, Teen Mystery Novels, YA mystery Novels, Mystery Books for teens, Mystery novels for teens, Mystery novels 2019, spooky mysteries, spooky town mysteries, small town mysteries, small town secrets, YA mysteries, Teen Mysteries, Magical Realism, Missing Girl, Missing Girl Mystery, Teen Murder mystery, YA spooky mystery, Teen mystery Series, YA Mystery Series, Young Adult Mysteries, Young Adult Missing Girl Mystery, High School Mystery, Best Mysteries, Best Teen Mysteries, Best YA Mysteries, Great Mysteries, Great Teen Mysteries, Great YA Mysteries, Best Young Adult Mysteries, Great Young Adult Mysteries, Teen Suspense, YA Suspense, Young Adult Suspense, Gothic, St. Clair mystery, St Clair mystery, St. Clair mysteries, St Clair mysteries, St. Clair, L.C. Warman, LC Warman, L.C. Warman books, LC Warman books, teen girl books, teen murder mystery books, mystery and thrillers, mystery thrillers and suspense, mysteries and thrillers new releases 2019, mystery novels series, missing girls, teen amateur sleuth, ya amateur sleuth, amateur sleuth, amateur sleuth mystery, amateur sleuth mysteries, secrets small town, lake mystery, small town lake mystery, small town lake mysteries