Beyond the Cemetery Gate by Valerie Biel

One determined young woman must crack the case of her father’s murder in Valerie Biel’s haunting YA mystery, Beyond the Cemetery Gate: The Secret Keeper’s Daughter. Freshly orphaned and fiercely independent, Chloe is living through her worst nightmare as the local police dismiss her father’s death as an overdose. Working the system and buying herself time to unearth the bones of this small-town conspiracy, Chloe grieves in her own way, scraping by to find the truth with a little help from new friends. Touching on everything from police ineptitude and community solidarity to the endless frustration of being patronized as a young person, this paranormal thriller confidently combines timely and relatable themes within a page-turning storyline.