Fans of McClintock's Robyn Hunter mysteries will rejoice at the appearance of two nail-biters within a single month: Change of Heart and In Too Deep. The former is an especially good example of how McClintock uses the ever-shifting terrain of high-school loyalties and conflicts as background for suspense. Robyn's two closest friends (Billy and Morgan) have broken up, and Morgan has taken up with star hockey player Sean. When Sean is found dead on an indoor hockey rink, Robyn tries to prove Billy's innocence. More solid mystery fare from the five-time winner of the Arthur Ellis Best Juvenile Crime Award.--Fletcher, Connie Copyright 2010 Booklist

Teenage sleuth Robyn Hunter returns in her seventh mystery, written at a fourth-grade reading level and first published in Canada. When a up-and-coming hockey player is murdered, Robyn dives into finding out who's responsible-one of her best friends, Billy, is the prime suspect, and her other best friend, Morgan, was the murdered player's girlfriend. McClintock keeps tensions high, and Robyn is a winning heroine-fiercely loyal to her friends and the kind of girl who isn't afraid to wade into the middle of a fistfight. Realism isn't really the point, but like Nancy Drew and Veronica Mars before her, Robyn's investigations are addictive. Ages 11-18. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

These two titles in this Canadian series further develop secondary characters. In Heart, Robyn's best friend Billy is accused of murdering a popular hockey player in a jealous rage. In Deep, Robyn and Nick infiltrate a home for juvenile criminals where all is not as it seems. The plots are contrived, but characters are thoughtfully portrayed. [Review covers these Robyn Hunter Mysteries titles: Change of Heart and In Too Deep.] (c) Copyright 2013. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.