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This original, interactive thriller from debut author Jay Martel follows a brilliant teenage girl as she races across D.C. to decode the clues her father left behind, which may just be the key to saving the country from a devastating tragedy.
Mia Hayes has peaceful plans for the summer—find a part-time job at a coffee shop and work on her application for Harvard. Those plans are shattered one night when government agents arrive unannounced at her home seeking something they believe her father has taken. When the dust settles, her mother is dead and her father is gone, a fugitive on the run.
Three weeks later, and still reeling from her father’s betrayal, Mia spends her seventeenth birthday at a protest in the heart of D.C., where she meets Logan, a rebellious and charming hacker. Just as she’s enjoying her first happy moment since the night her world exploded, a voicemail from her father arrives to upend everything she believed about her family, her past, and what really happened that night three weeks ago. Even more, the voicemail hides another encoded message inside which, once Mia solves it, sets her and Logan off on a mission from her sleepy suburb straight into the heart of the federal government.
With the same agents now hot on their trail, Mia and Logan must navigate their way through American history’s most iconic sites and uncover its most well-hidden secrets to reveal the truth about her family and stop a deadly attack.
In this non-stop thrill ride, the reader has the chance to test their own codebreaking skills alongside Mia, lending an exciting interactive element to this page-turning thriller packed with action, romance, and life-changing revelations.
Mia Hayes has peaceful plans for the summer—find a part-time job at a coffee shop and work on her application for Harvard. Those plans are shattered one night when government agents arrive unannounced at her home seeking something they believe her father has taken. When the dust settles, her mother is dead and her father is gone, a fugitive on the run.
Three weeks later, and still reeling from her father’s betrayal, Mia spends her seventeenth birthday at a protest in the heart of D.C., where she meets Logan, a rebellious and charming hacker. Just as she’s enjoying her first happy moment since the night her world exploded, a voicemail from her father arrives to upend everything she believed about her family, her past, and what really happened that night three weeks ago. Even more, the voicemail hides another encoded message inside which, once Mia solves it, sets her and Logan off on a mission from her sleepy suburb straight into the heart of the federal government.
With the same agents now hot on their trail, Mia and Logan must navigate their way through American history’s most iconic sites and uncover its most well-hidden secrets to reveal the truth about her family and stop a deadly attack.
In this non-stop thrill ride, the reader has the chance to test their own codebreaking skills alongside Mia, lending an exciting interactive element to this page-turning thriller packed with action, romance, and life-changing revelations.
384 pages, Paperback
Expected publication July 22, 2025
About the author
Jay Martel
1 book25 followersJay Martel is the pen name of husband and wife writing team Andy Bennett and Katy Helbacka.
They’ve spent the past twenty years collaborating on everything from theatrical productions to escape rooms to their son, Theo. They live in northern Minnesota where the winters are cold, long, and the perfect excuse to stay inside and write novels together.
They’ve spent the past twenty years collaborating on everything from theatrical productions to escape rooms to their son, Theo. They live in northern Minnesota where the winters are cold, long, and the perfect excuse to stay inside and write novels together.
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September 4, 2024
I read this book for a blurb and whole-heartedly recommend it, in particular to teachers/librarians with students with an interest in American History/spycraft/codebreaking and/or students you'd like to get INTO those things.
And, of course, to teen readers themselves or any reader who is a fan of The Da Vinci Code or National Treasure and wants to read a fast-paced spy caper/YA mystery. In particular, though, I'm SUPER excited to see this get into the hands of voracious teen mystery readers. It was SUCH a good, straight down the middle (so appropriate for younger teens) spy thriller.
My blurb: “A Gen Z Da Vinci Code that mystery (and history) loving teens will devour!”
And, of course, to teen readers themselves or any reader who is a fan of The Da Vinci Code or National Treasure and wants to read a fast-paced spy caper/YA mystery. In particular, though, I'm SUPER excited to see this get into the hands of voracious teen mystery readers. It was SUCH a good, straight down the middle (so appropriate for younger teens) spy thriller.
My blurb: “A Gen Z Da Vinci Code that mystery (and history) loving teens will devour!”
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