How do you catch a murderer when there’s a killer virus on the loose?

It’s spring 2020, and the COVID-19 pandemic has sent everyone indoors. School is virtual, nobody can find toilet paper, and worst of all for Kat and Alec, there’s nothing to do! So, when a new classmate asks them to track down his missing grandfather, it seems like an easy way to fight the pandemic blues.

 Only the grandfather’s not a good guy. And the new classmate isn’t who he says he is.

 A simple case meant to pass the long lockdown hours turns into Kat and Alec’s twistiest case yet! At every turn, they find themselves at odds with someone new: gangsters and  jewel thieves, thugs with knives, cops and FBI agents … and toughest of all, their own mom!

 "For readers who like mysteries with attitude, real stakes, and a narrator who would rather kick a window than wait politely for permission, Turnabout is sharp, fast, surprisingly thoughtful, and very much alive to the particular weirdness of being a kid when the adults are clearly not handling things all that well." -Melissa Suggit, Independent Book Review

Chris Wieland is an award-winning writer and filmmaker. He is also the father of two fierce children, who helped him find the voice of his protagonist, Kat Dylan. He lives in Southern California with his family.