In Want of a Knife: A Little Library Mystery by Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli

It starts with a dead body out on the road.  She's a young girl who has not been abused but died from asphyxiation.  While they are trying to find out where she was and what happened to her, another girl goes missing...

Crooked Lane Books and Net Galley let me read this book for review (thank you).  It will be published September 11th.

The missing girl is a little handicapped and she trusts everyone.This is not a good thing when evil comes to town.  The majority of the story is about the search but you get background on some of the families and their secrets as well.

The story holds your attention to the very end.  It has an unexpected ending...