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2 | [[caption-width-right:300:]]Scarlett is a fifteen-year-old PrivateDetective who finished high school early. Nine-year-old Gemma Archer comes to Scarlett, worried that her brother Oliver Archer killed a boy, Quinn, who was thought to have committed suicide. When Scarlett investigates, she finds that Oliver and the dead boy were part of a cult, and that Quinn's death was part of a much larger conspiracy. This book by Jennifer Latham was published in 2015. |
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4 | !! This book contains examples of: |
5 | * ActionGirl: Scarlett is a competent fighter. She practices Muay Thai and frequently takes out opponents larger and stronger than herself. |
6 | * AmbiguouslyHuman: Mook claims to be Scarlett's guardian angel. Due to the book's MaybeMagicMaybeMundane setting, it's not clear whether he is actually an angel or just a normal human. He often seems to know things without being told, but there's never any definite proof. |
7 | * ApocalypseCult: The Children of Iblis seek to open a portal between human and ''jinn'' realms, and may actually be ''jinn'' themselves. |
8 | * DeadpanSnarker: Most of the cast qualifies, but Scarlett is the most prominent example. |
9 | * FakinMacGuffin: [[spoiler: When Gemma is taken hostage, Scarlett brings a fake ''Shubaak'' and ring to trade, hiding the real ones.]] |
10 | * FirstPersonSmartass: Scarlett often makes snarky asides in her narration. |
11 | ->Delores and I went way back. The first time I'd visited, she'd ignored me. When I rang the desk bell in front of her, she'd ignored me even harder. It had not been an auspicious start. |
12 | * FriendOnTheForce: Detective Emmet Morales is Scarlett's friend, and tries to keep her out of trouble. |
13 | * HeroicDog: Manny's dog Jones helps to protect him and the others. |
14 | * HeroesLoveDogs: Played with. Manny has a way with animals, including dogs. Scarlett is wary of [[HeroicDog Jones]], but cares enough to bring her to the hospital when the dog is stabbed. |
15 | * IncrediblyObviousTail: Lampshaded when two of the [[ApocalypseCult Children of Iblis]] are sent to tail Scarlett. |
16 | ->(She) was either lousy at her job or didn't care if I spotted her. |
17 | * KidDetective: Scarlett is a teenage version. |
18 | * MacGuffin: The Children of Iblis spend the book trying to find Solomon's ring and a possibly magical bottle called the ''Shubaak''. |
19 | * MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It's ambiguous whether the artifacts were magical and the Children of Iblis were actually ''jinn'', or just normal humans who thought they were. |
20 | * TheMole: [[spoiler: Nuala]] seems good at first, but is actually part of the Children of Iblis. |
21 | * MurderBySuicide: Quinn killed himself because the Children of Iblis threatened to kill his younger brother Sam if he didn't. |
22 | * PrivateDetective: Scarlett is an unusually young example. |
23 | * SupernaturalGoldEyes: The Children of Iblis have gold rings around their irises, though it's ambiguous whether or not it's supernatural. |
24 | * TeenGenius: Scarlett graduated high school by age fifteen and solves crimes for a living. |
25 | * TrespassingToTalk: Oliver breaks into Scarlett's office to threaten her. She is unimpressed by it. |
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