Charles Finch

When I was in high school I read exactly three mystery writers: Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, and Elizabeth George. I expanded my tastes thereafter but I remember how nothing else would do it for me back then. Notwithstanding, I was very pleased that the School Library Journal, which reviews books for children and teens, gave my second book The September Society a positive review, calling it a good choice for older teens with "good writing, good plotting, an intriguing setting, and agreeable characters." I doubt I would have read it in when I was sixteen - but hopefully kids in high school now are more open-minded mystery readers than I was. Or at least their librarians may be!