SOLVED. Teenage daughter on run trying to protect dad's work/software/computer ??? Maybe witnesses a murder [s]

[Teeehoang]

I read this book in ... 2005 maybe ?

I remember a teenage girl being home alone. I think at one point she was watching a webcam and somebody got murdered (idk why, but toothpicks are coming to mind ... potential murder weapon I think?)

While she was home someone breaks in and she hides under a car and they don't find her

I remember a pink jacket ??

She takes something that belonged to her father that was important (floppy disk?) and takes a car and drives off somewhere.

I think she pretends to be a college student and uses the library to open the file.

Also I think the book cover was some stereotypical 90s, early 2000's kind of cover with a girl in the half shadows or something.

I can't remember how it ends and I want to find out what book this is. PLS HELP.

[Miriam]

Wanted!

[Teeehoang]

Yes !!!! Thank you so much !!!!!!!! I feel so much relief now haha.

[Miriam]

Yay glad I could help!

[Tara]

I was searching for this book and asked ChatGPT to help me find it and the only thing I could remember about it was the girl hiding under the car. Can’t believe it scoured the internet and brought me to this exact post with the correct book. 🤣 It was the very first book I actually read all the way through when I was 12 years ago 25 years ago. Oh the memories!! Can’t wait to read it again and rediscover the book that got me hooked on reading.