Fine Young People: A Novel

St. Ignatius, a Catholic prep school in Pittsburgh, is full of Fine Young People. However, its students keep dying. Frankie and her best friend, Shiv, decide to write about it for the journalism class essay. Three students, all hockey players, have died either by suicide or under mysterious circumstances over the last eighteen years. It all started with Woolf Whiting, so Frankie and Shiv begin their search there. Little do they know, but their investigation will expose secrets they didn’t even know they were looking for. ||While I really enjoyed this story and its characters, I was a little disappointed that the investigation only looked at Woolf’s case. It didn’t seem like anyone cared about why the other two hockey players died. I am fond of this author’s writing style. She made it feel like you were right there with Frankie as she was growing up and realizing what the world is like and what her place in it is. The inclusion of the interview notes also added to the feeling that you were part of the story. If you enjoy coming-of-age mysteries, then this book is for you.