Bad Machinery is
back with all-new drama for these British teens in the ninth volume of the
award-winning series from the creator of Giant Days, John
Allison.

Shauna Wickle knows what
she wants: top grades for a university scholarship, excellent friends for
solving mysteries, and a lifetime subscription to Architectural Digest. But when
her older brother returns from several years spent in prison, her carefully
constructed life begins crumbling around her ears. With her friends, classes,
and family quickly slipping out of her control, Shauna will be faced with the
mystery of how to protect what she loves without also losing herself. The Case
of the Missing Piece, the ninth book in John Allison's award-winning Bad
Machinery series, finds our mystery crew caught in the merciless claws of
adolescence. Can you heal someone with friendship? Does a crush truly have to
physically crush you? And can you grow up without also growing
away?