Buzz Kill

by Beth Fantaskey

ISBN: 9780547393100
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: May 6th 2014
Number of Pages: 368
Source: Local Library

Goodreads Summary: In this fresh and funny teen mystery, seventeen-year-old Millie joins forces with her classmate, gorgeous but mysterious Chase Albright, to try to find out who murdered Coach Killdare.

Putting the dead in deadline

To Bee or not to Bee? When the widely disliked Honeywell Stingers football coach is found murdered, 17-year-old Millie is determined to investigate. She is chasing a lead for the school newspaper - and looking to clear her father, the assistant coach, and prime suspect.

Millie's partner is gorgeous, smart-and keeping secrets
Millie joins forces with her mysterious classmate Chase who seems to want to help her even while covering up secrets of his own.

She's starting to get a reputation…without any of the benefits.
Drama-and bodies-pile up around Millie and she chases clues, snuggles Baxter the so-ugly-he's-adorable bassett hound, and storms out of the world's most awkward school dance/memorial mash-up. At least she gets to eat a lot of pie.

My Rating:  

This is a very funny book surrounding the mystery of the high school football coach Killdare's murder. Which, I got a kick out of his name being KILLdare. 

Here's a sample of some of the humorous stuff you will read in this book:

"Big Pete gave me the quote of a lifetime, albeit one that I couldn't have put in a G-rated school newspaper article, even if I'd been able to write anything down.
'Holy ****! It's a dead guy -- on a John Deere!'" 
- Buzz Kill, 27

"...I found myself doodling a picture of the heavyset, universally despised coach with a knife in his chest and x's for eyes, next to the word "Inevitable?" And just to pass the time, I inked a list of suspects, if the murder ever really did happen." - Buzz Kill, 4-5

Little did Millie know that when she wrote this list of suspects that the coach would end up dead and who should be the number one suspect? Her dad.  Millie must deal with a detective who has a grudge against her father and her nemesis, Vivienne Fitch, who is doing all she can to "report" all the evidence that is piling up. 

Millie teams up with the mysterious Chase, who is a perfect match for Millie, to solve the crime & clear her father's name. Chase's back story is realistic and heartbreaking. 

We also have the AWESOME librarian/confidante Ms. Isabel Parkins who has wonderful fashion sense and a secret of her own...I didn't see that coming!

The story line for the most part progresses pretty quickly and the funny bits keep the story light. Millie is a fun character who thinks herself a modern day Nancy Drew (but one who isn't a sissy). 

Overall, a fun read that I would highly recommend to those that want to read a less serious mystery book.