The Rag and Bone Shop

by Robert Cormier

Summary: When little girl Alicia is brutally murdered, the police automatically suspect Jason, the last person to see her alive. The reader does not know until the very end whether or not Jason is the killer, but is aware the the police's questioning tactics are seriously uncool! Almost the entire novel is set in the interrogation room, and you can feel Jason's discomfort as the police ask him harder and harder questions.

My thoughts: If you like CSI, you'll love this little book! It's a quick read, and very intense. This is an older title that I picked up because I remember loving one of Cormier's other books, The Chocolate War, when I was in high school. This is his last book, published posthumously (that means after he died!) You can't beat the high quality writing, the great characterization, and almost unbearable suspense!