Libby Sternberg's "Finding the Forger"
A Bianca Balducci Mystery

Bianca Balducci, everybody’s favorite teenage amateur sleuth, is back on the case, and this time the resourceful Baltimorean has her hands more than full.

On top of school (St. John’s), her two bickering friends (Kerrie and Sarah), and boy trouble (Doug), Bianca is brought in to prove the innocence of Hector, Sarah’s latest heart throb, who’s considered the prime suspect in a clever switcheroo at the local art museum—several paintings have gone missing, and forgeries hung in their place.
But things get awfully complicated when Connie, Bianca’s PI older sister, is hired by the museum to formally investigate the crime.

And that’s just the half of it. Doug, Bianca’s fabulous new boyfriend, isn’t paying as much attention to her as she’d like, while a charming and rich Brit named Neville seems more than willing to take Doug’s place. Can Bianca manage to keep Doug’s affections while gently fending off Neville?

And what about the Christmas shopping she must do, the party she’s got to plan, and the PI sister she desperately wants to impress? Most important, can she repair a home perm gone so awry she can only hope to have the appearance of human hair?

In this story of mis-assumptions, Bianca learns that things are not always as they seem, that all cases are not so open-and-shut, and that connected with every valuable painting is the possibility of a forgery.

Finding the Forger, the sequel to the acclaimed series debut Uncovering Sadie’s Secrets, proves to be another hilarious adventure in the world of Bianca Balducci, regular teenager turned mystery-solver extraordinaire.

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About Libby Sternberg

Libby Sternberg is a writer whose social and political commentary regularly airs on Vermont Public Radio. Her articles have appeared in numerous publications, including The Baltimore Sun, the Indianapolis Star, Insight, and The Weekly Standard.

She holds bachelor's and master's degrees from the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University.

A Baltimore native, she now lives in Rutland, Vermont, is married, and has three children.

Uncovering Sadie's Secrets, her first published novel, was an Edgar finalist for best YA mystery published in 2003, a rare honor for a small press novel. It was also chosen by Brodart as a "small press gem,” and selected as among the Top 40 YA novels by the Pennsylvania School Librarians Association.

Beginning in early 2005, both Uncovering Sadie's Secrets, and its sequel in the Bianca Balducci mystery series, Finding the Forger, will appear as mass market paperbacks under the imprint of Dorchester Publishing’s new and popular YA line, Smooch.

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To Buy "Finding the Forger"

Click the button below or to purchase your book(s) by phone, call Bancroft’s toll-free number at 800-637-7377. If, for some reason, no live person answers, leave your message in the Voicemail address for “Ordering,” and someone will respond within 24 hours.