Smoke Screen Secret

Lights, Camera, Action Mysteries

by Marianne Hering

When the latest in a series of fires on a movie set burns her twin sister Jade, fourteen-year-old McKenna takes her place, does her own investigating, and helps Jade deal with her sudden lack of faith in God.

159 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1997

About the author

Marianne Hering is a prolific writer, having written hundreds of articles and a number of books for children and parents. For nine years she worked for several magazines in Focus on the Family’s periodicals department and became the editor of Clubhouse, a Focus on the Family children’s magazine with a circulation of more than 100,000.

As a book developer for Focus on the Family, she and coauthor / creative director Paul McCusker launched the Adventures in Odyssey book series The Imagination Station in 2010. Currently the series includes 19 books, with two more contracted for 2017 release. Paul bowed out of his role in 2015 to pursue other creative avenues. The combined sales are more than 450,000.

Currently Marianne is a freelance writer taking assignments. She and her husband live in Colorado with their twin sons.