


The further she digs, the clearer it becomes that this murder is more mysterious than she ever thought it could be. Millie's unlikely partner-in-crime, the new and mysterious football star who doesn't seem to fit the mold of typical high school star athlete, helps her to uncover some of the secrets Killdare kept from everyone around him. When her father's nemesis, the head Coach Killdare, is found dead on campus, Millie is not only traumatized since she was the one who found the body- she is worried that all the signs point to her father as being the one with real motive to do away with the jerky head coach. She has worried about him since her mother passed away, but he isn't exactly an open book, so she gives him his space. She loves her father, but as the Assistant Coach of a big high school football team, his time is generally consumed by the goings-on of the sport. In Beth Fantaskey's Buzz Kill, the sleuthing rivals Nancy Drew! especially because the victim had direct ties to her father. When Millie stumbles upon a body, she becomes embroiled in murder mystery she never wanted to be in the middle of in the first place. There are enough mysteries about high school without adding murder to the list.
