All the Pretty Things by Emily Arsenault

All the Pretty Things by Emily Arsenault is a delightful mystery novel that may also have you devastated as the truth comes to light.  While a mystery, this story is all about family and friendship and what exactly those things mean when they don't always fit together.  The main setting for this story is an amusement park, Fabuland, and all that goes along with it.  This setting makes for a fun place to be as Ivy tries to unravel the mysterious death of Ethan, a coworker and classmate, who appears to have fallen off a bridge walking home from work one night.  Ivy was out of town at the time, but her best friend Morgan is the one who found Ethan's body.  This discovery has shaken Morgan to the core.  As Ivy begins to ask questions about the night of Ethan's death, she soon discovers there is more to Morgan's fragile mental state than just her gruesome discovery.  Ivy now has to figure out what role her father, the owner of Fabuland, has played in all the strange things that have been going on with the employees at the park.  Arsenault keeps the read on edge throughout this enjoyable novel. 

 

From Amazon: 

"A skillfully plotted mystery, bursting with the glare and feverish energy of its summer amusement park setting." --Holly Jackson, New York Times bestselling author of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

For fans of Sadie and The Cheerleaders comes an all new thriller about a boy who turns up dead under suspicious circumstances and the one girl who may be the key to solving the mystery of his untimely death.

For Ivy, summer means roller-coaster season, spinning cotton candy at the Fabuland amusement park, and hanging out with her best friend, Morgan. But this summer is different.

One morning, Morgan finds a dead body. It's their former classmate and coworker Ethan. To make matters worse, Morgan is taken to a hospital psych ward only days later, and she's not saying much--not even to Ivy.

The police claim that Ethan simply took a bad fall, but Ivy isn't convinced and realizes it's up to her to get answers. What she finds is unsettling--it's clear that some people aren't being honest about Ethan's last night at Fabuland. Including Morgan. And the more secrets Ivy uncovers, the closer she gets to unraveling dark truths that will change her life forever.