Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls by Lynn Weingarten
The title I chose for this post is not one of my own original thoughts, but it is an apt description of this book.
June had a best friend named Delia, but in the last year, they grew apart for reasons it takes half the book to know. On the first day back at school after winter break, there is an announcement that Delia has died. Some digging/listening to gossip leads June to learn that Delia killed herself by burning herself in a shed. The problem is, June knows Delia was afraid of fire, and if she killed herself, that is the last way she would choose to go.
A day or so after her death, June goes to a memorial for Delia, where she meets Delia's boyfriend, Jeremiah. He believes someone killed Delia, and the two of them start poking around to see what they can find out. June finds out that her own boyfriend, Ryan, may have something to do with her death, or it could be the local drug dealer. All this happens in the first half of the book. Once you hit the halfway point, everything gets turned on its ear.
Some chapters are told in flashback so that the reader can get an idea of the relationship June and Delia had, and to provide some clues for June to reflect on as she searches for the truth of Delia's death. What she finds out though, she is wholly unprepared for.
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