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In the Blood
- Author
- April Henry
- Narrator
- Tessa Netting
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
- Publish Date
- 12 May 2026
- Run Time
- 6 hours 49 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Adoption / fostering, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Law, police and crime
What to expect
In this heart-pounding YA thriller, when an adopted teen takes a DNA test to find her biological parents, she unknowingly puts herself in the crosshairs of a serial killer.
Adopted as a newborn, Tessa has always wondered who her biological parents are. After turning eighteen, she takes a DNA test in hopes of finding the answers. With best friend El and lab partner Victor, Tessa uses the results to start building her family tree. But they find more dead ends than answers. Her biological mother, who was raised in a religious cult, has cut all ties with her controlling family. And her biological father remains a complete mystery, at least until the police show up. For fifteen years, they’ve been trying to identify a serial killer known as the Portland Phantom. Tessa may be the link they’ve been waiting for.
April Henry delivers a twisty thriller about the families who choose us—and the ones we’re born into. Biology does not have to dictate one’s destiny.
And don’t miss these other chilling thrillers from April Henry including:
Stay Dead
Girl Forgotten
Two Truths and a Lie
When We Go Missing
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Details
- Author
- April Henry
- Narrator
- Tessa Netting
- Duration
- 6 hours 49 minutes
- Release Date
- 12 May 2026
- ISBN
- 9781668657461
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Adoption / fostering, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Law, police and crime
Synopsis
In this heart-pounding YA thriller, when an adopted teen takes a DNA test to find her biological parents, she unknowingly puts herself in the crosshairs of a serial killer. Adopted as a newborn, Tessa has always wondered who her biological parents are. After turning eighteen, she takes a DNA test in hopes of finding the answers. With best friend El and lab partner Victor, Tessa uses the results to start building her family tree. But they find more dead ends than answers. Her biological mother, who was raised in a religious cult, has cut all ties with her controlling family. And her biological father remains a complete mystery, at least until the police show up. For fifteen years, they’ve been trying to identify a serial killer known as the Portland Phantom. Tessa may be the link they’ve been waiting for. April Henry delivers a twisty thriller about the families who choose us—and the ones we’re born into. Biology does not have to dictate one’s destiny. And don’t miss these other chilling thrillers from April Henry including:Stay Dead Girl ForgottenTwo Truths and a LieWhen We Go Missing
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