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SynopsisTamara goes back to her family's hometown one year after a deadly earthquake to find that on the surface, not much has changed. After a young anti-corruption activist is murdered and Tamara's best friend disappears, she is caught between two social classes that clash as the police try to find the killer. Did someone in her rich landowner family's circle kill the boy, or was his death a result of the dark secrets he had been hiding? Set in the desert off the coast of Per , Tremor in the Hills is a young adult mystery that deals with the struggles of earthquake relief, corruption and the mental trauma that major natural disasters cause., Tamara's best friend, K'antu, has disappeared in the mystical town of Manchay, Peru a year after the deadly earthquake. Someone murders, Eduardo, a young anti-corruption activist at the same time. Tamara sets off on the adventure of locating her friend and becomes caught between the clash of two social classes as the police search for the killer. Did someone in Tamara's rich landowner family circle kill the boy, or was his death a result of the dark secrets he had been hiding? Set in the desert off the coast of Perú, Tremor in the Hills, the reader will encounter the struggles of earthquake relief, corruption, and the trauma of a major natural disaster in this young adult mystery novel. Join Tamara on her Peruvian adventures in this exciting new series.