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Censored Truths

by Jack a. Ori

A podcast investigation into buried secrets

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A podcast investigation into buried secrets

CJ’s podcast becomes the starting point for an investigation after a child reports his sister missing and Ellie is found dead. The inquiry turns toward the university where Ellie was a student researcher, bringing its handling of complaints and concern for its reputation into view. As CJ encounters resistance and escalating threats, the story links a murder mystery with questions of institutional accountability and speaking up for people who can no longer tell their own stories. The opening installment of the Cedarwood Justice series, it sets up a young adult thriller centered on uncovering secrets and the risks of pursuing the truth.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in young adult thrillers
  • Readers drawn to mysteries involving university settings and investigations
  • Readers interested in LGBTQ+ fiction featuring nonbinary and genderqueer representation

Themes

Institutional corruption and accountabilitySpeaking up and seeking truthSecrecy and riskLGBTQ+ representation

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Book overview

This book was previously published as Open Secrets.

 

When a frightened child calls CJ's podcast to report his sister missing, it sounds like a prank-until Ellie's body is discovered in a nearby park.

 

Ellie wasn't just a brilliant student researcher. She had secrets-dangerous ones. Secrets someone was desperate enough to kill over. And even after her death, the university seems more concerned with protecting its reputation than uncovering the truth.

 

Determined not to let Ellie be forgotten, CJ launches their own investigation. But the deeper they dig, the more resistance they face: whispers of corruption, institutions eager to bury complaints, and threats that grow more menacing the closer CJ gets to the answers.

 

As the pressure to stay silent mounts, CJ must decide how far they're willing to go-and what they're willing to risk-to speak up for those who no longer can.

 

Censored Truths is the first installment in the Cedarwood Justice series, a gripping young adult thriller trilogy about courage, corruption, and the deadly costs of uncovering secrets.

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