Abrahams is probably best known for his adult novels, but a few years back he broke into the young adult literature arena when he started up his Echo Falls series, which stars a middle schooler with a talent for soccer, acting, and solving mysteries.

His newest young adult novel has more of a focus for high schoolers. Cody Laredo, the quarterback and star of his high school football team, is hoping to use his talent on the field to gain him a scholarship at a big school. One of the big reasons for this is his girlfriend Clea, who is super-smart and, well, rich. She is guaranteed to go Ivy League for college. Unfortunately, the start of his junior year football season goes terribly wrong and he ends up with a major knee injury.

To make matters even worse, Clea's father has no shortage of concerns about the fact that she is love with someone "beneath her station." He makes arrangement to send her to a private boarding school in Vermont. It is a tough situation and leads to their breaking up even as they still care for each other.

After losing what appears to be his future with his injury, Cody ends up quitting school and pretty much turning into a hermit, only leaving his house to go to a delivery job. After a spat with his partner leads to a short leave of absence, Cody learns that Clea has gone missing. His feelings for her, and a mysterious letter she sent to him the day of her disappearance, drives him to head to Vermont to help with the search.

It does not take long for Cody to find himself enmeshed in the uncomfortable world of Clea's school. Interesting characters include her wealthy classmates, a quirky horsetender, and a police officer who seems to be doing everything he can to mentor through the search. In fact, he takes Cody on as a mole to get into the school's culture and maybe get some clues from the inside.

Abrahams produces and interesting whodunnit that is filled with action and suspense. Cody is really drawn out of his element, giving him an opportunity to prove his true value to himself. In fact, a number of characters throughout the book suggest that he consider a career in police work. I am not sure that all readers will be surprised at who actually is at the root of the case, but it does take almost to the end to know the why of what is happening.

I thought this was a pretty enjoyable teen mystery. I think fans of John Green's Paper Towns and older readers of Abraham's Echo Falls books will be pleased with the results. I know that I was.