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    Murder's Not Cool
    Murder's Not Cool
    Murder's Not Cool
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    Murder's Not Cool

    By David Perlmutter

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    In the coastal town of Rocky Cove, nothing interesting ever happens. And, if you're part of a group of kids at school that aren't exactly among the most popular, life can move at an even slower pace.So, when a group of friends discover the body of one of their friends washed up on the rocks, the chance to solve a murder and find a little excitement in the process is too good to pass up. What they're not prepared for is the town turning on them and an attempt on one of the group member's lives.Can these friends find a killer and save what's left of their reputation at the same time?THE ROCK COVE MYSTERIES is a new novella series geared towards readers ages 13 and up.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHistria YA
    Release dateJan 27, 2011
    ISBN9781611870572
    Murder's Not Cool
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    David Perlmutter

    David Perlmutter is a freelance writer based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is the author of two books on animation history: America ‘Toons In: A History of Television Animation (McFarland and Co.) and The Encyclopedia Of American Animated Television Shows (Rowman and Littlefield), as well as essays and works of speculative fiction. .  

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      Murder's Not Cool - David Perlmutter

      Murder’s Not Cool

      By David Perlmutter

      1.

      Harry, Babs, Joyce and I were hanging out on the beach when it happened. That’s not too surprising, since the four of us usually hang out there together on the weekends. There isn’t a whole lot for twelve-year-olds to do in a small Pacific coast town like Rock Cove. Hell, we have to go up north to British Columbia if we want to get up to any serious mischief, since most days there isn’t too much of consequence that goes on around here. Or so you’d think. But I’m getting ahead of myself.

      It was late in the afternoon when the whole deal went down. We had just finished our first round of Cokes and were preparing to return to the snack bar for more when we spotted the dead body. Or rather, I spotted it—bobbing up and down in the water just across from us on the shoreline, in the water—and let the others know about it, mostly by the scared, stuttering reaction I usually exhibit when I see something creepy.

      What’s the matter, Sheldon? Joyce asked me, but she figured it out right away as soon as she turned over my way and spotted the body herself. They don’t call her Poindexter around the school for nothing!

      What is it, Shel? added Babs. A politician? This latter remark was inspired by my supposedly irrational fear of this group of people.

      It don’t look like one, said Harry, viewing the body through his binoculars. Clothes aren’t expensive enough. You’re safe, Shel!

      I breathed a sigh of relief.

      Ha, ha! said Joyce sarcastically. All right, enough with the jokes! There’s a dead body in the water out there, and we’ve got to identify it!

      Why have we got to do it? Babs whined.

      You see anybody else around here? Joyce countered.

      Harry, Babs and I shook our heads.

      My point exactly!

      We discarded our shoes and socks, rolled up our pant legs (all except Joyce, who was wearing a black skirt), and we each took hold of one limb and brought the body onto the shore. It was when we turned it over, face up, that we really got shocked.

      The body was that of our friend and middle-school classmate Francy Goldenson!

      I was so shocked that I

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