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Last Seen Leaving | March 29, 2017

by Caleb Roehrig (Macmillan Children's Publishing Group / Feiwel & Friends, October 2016)

I thought I knew what I was getting into when I started reading Caleb Roehrig’s Last Seen Leaving. Missing girlfriend, killer at-large, narrator as the prime suspect – you know the story. But the further I got into this suspenseful mystery, the more I realized I had never read a thriller like this before.

Yes, Flynn’s girlfriend January is missing, and yes, he is questioned in connection with her disappearance, but Roehrig turns this story into much more than a typical whodunit, weaving in threads dealing with class anxiety, sexuality and fame/infamy. As Flynn begins investigating January’s disappearance, his own sexuality comes into focus, and he slowly removes the wool from his eyes about not only his own life, but also January’s.

All in all, I’d recommend this thrilling murder mystery combined with an LGBTQ coming of age story to any YA fan!

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