Deep End Death

The Equations were supposed to keep her safe. Variables were supposed to be her friends. The truth was supposed to be at the bottom of the pool.Fourteen-year-old Amy-known to her classmates as "The Magnet" for the way she attracts trouble and secrets-doesn't believe in ghosts. She believes in physics, forensic files, and the rhythmic beat of a heart that knows it's being watched. When a series of "accidents" targets her and her friend Emma Shee, Amy begins to uncover a decade-old loop that leads back to the Pineville Indoor Swim Complex and the girl who vanished there. But as Amy solves for X, X starts solving for her.With her best friend Emma she starts to discover the pathways of clues Karmi left behind. Amy realizes she isn't just investigating a cold case. She is a replacement player in a game that never ends.Between the clack-clack of a locker opening, the sound of her ears popping, and a secret bunker, the math is finally adding up to a terminal conclusion: In the Deep End, everyone learns how to hold their breath. But only the ghost knows how to stay down.