What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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Too Many Secrets
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SOLVED. YA Mystery series - Female lead, solves murders. Later in the series she's in a love triangle. One book she swims with dolphins, another she gets amnesia. [s]
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Possible "Silent Witness" by Jennie McGrady? It is from the 80's though. Not sure though, couldn't find enough about the book.
Actually, that's it!Thank you so much! You guys are amazing!
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Link for the first book in the series of Sasha's find - Too Many Secrets by Patricia H. Rushford.
I read this back in middle school, so maybe about the early 2000s?
It's a murder mystery series with a female sleuth, still in school. I don't remember much of the earlier cases.
The book I remember clearest is the case where the female lead, being very athletic, gets invited to swim with the dolphins (in Florida?). On the plane ride there, she meets a family with a girl her own age who is mute from the trauma of witnessing a murder. Swimming with the dolphins actually acts as great therapy for the girl, and she begins to recall what happened on the night of the murder.
However, someone is trying to shut her up...this includes drugging one of the dolphins. Said dolphin almost dragged her out to sea; she almost drowned. The girl regains her voice and begins to confide in the protagonist that she saw the legs of the murderer as he walked by the desk where she was hiding. He was wearing a grey suit. The room the protagonist and the witness girl are in is set on fire; they both barely escape. The girl then reveals she regained her ability to speak, which puts her in greater danger.
The culprit turns out to be the girl's stepdad (?), The protagonist realizes this when she recalls the culprit would have looked great in a grey suit before he got a tan in Florida.
A book after this one includes the protagonist losing her memories. By the time that case rolled around, the protagonist was torn between two love interests. The two guys cast bets on who she would remember first. Turns out, the protagonist recalled swimming with the dolphins (see above) before she remembered either of them.
Thanks for any help!