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No One Else Can Have You, by Kathleen Hale.

Friendship, Wisconsin, isn't quite living up to its name after the local homecoming queen is found murdered. From the opening page, Kippy Bushman, best friend of the recently deceased, offers deadpan, funny and familiar narration leading us around the intricate mystery of the murder. It's a terrific sort of Twin Peaks with a smart girl as Agent Cooper, written by an even smarter young woman. And, to add to its reading pleasure, Hale's book is a very well-told whodunit – some careful thought went into the crafting, and the payoff yields multitudes. Most refreshing is how weird the story is while not once feeling smothered by its own oddness.

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