The Carlton Girls #2: Zoe and the Deadly Threat

Only Murders in the Building meets The Swifts in the second installment of this twisty whodunit mystery series.

Zoe Durand has a secret. She and the Carlton Girls have been taking the Upper West Side by storm, solving case after case. But little do her friends know that at home, Zoe puts just as much thought into defusing the tension between her parents as she does into sleuthing.

To make matters more complicated, Zoe runs into Ram—her favorite content creator—and is shocked to realize he’s nothing like the boy behind the screen. He’s rude…he’s entitled…he’s…asking the Carlton Girls for help.

Someone’s been sabotaging Ram’s equipment, his film sets, his life. As the anonymous threats against Ram become all too real, it’s up to the four friends to uncover the culprit before disaster strikes. The Carlton Girls are on the case!

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