Missing Clarissa

Missing Clarissa by Ripley Jones

256 Pages

Publisher: St. Martin’s Press, Wednesday Books

Release Date: March 7, 2023

Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Teens, Young Adult, Missing Person, LGBTQIA+

August 14, 1999 Clarissa Campbell was a popular cheerleader before she went missing from Oreville, Washington. Twenty years later, Blair Johnson and Cameron Munoz decide to use this unsolved case to make a podcast for their high school journalism class. Their teacher, Mr. Tom Park, advises them to tread carefully. They begin interviewing Clarissa’s friends and family They follow leads and dead ends. Meanwhile Cam is coming to terms with her sexuality.

Who in Clarissa’s life wanted her dead and why? By asking too many questions, Blair and Cm are putting themselves in danger. Will their work be enough to get an A on their project or should they be worrying about more important issues? The story is fast paced, the characters are somewhat developed, and it is written in the third person point of view. This reminds me of Nancy Drew stories. If you like amateur detective young adult stories, you will enjoy reading this book.