The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting

Violet Ambrose is grappling with two major issues: Jay Heaton and her morbid secret ability. While the sixteen-year-old is confused by her new feelings for her best friend since childhood, she is more disturbed by her "power" to sense dead bodies—or at least those that have been murdered. Since she was a little girl, she has felt the echoes the dead leave behind in the world . . . and the imprints that attach to their killers. Violet has never considered her strange talent to be a gift; it mostly just led her to find dead birds her cat left for her. But now that a serial killer is terrorizing her small town, and the echoes of the local girls he's claimed haunt her daily, Violet realizes she might be the only person who can stop him. Despite his fierce protectiveness over her, Jay reluctantly agrees to help Violet find the murderer—and Violet is unnerved by her hope that Jay's intentions are much more than friendly. But even as she's falling intensely in love, Violet is getting closer and closer to discovering a killer . . . and becoming his prey herself.

The Body Finder is an action romance that captures you from the first sentence. Violet is an amazing girl. She had so much strength and curiosity, this really made me love it. The fact that she ran also hit a nerve with me, because I used to run long distance. Jay was also such a awesome boy. I also loved that it was set in the Northwest, because I have lived here my whole life and could vividly picture the setting. The Body Finder has an unpredictable plot. I would believe that one thing would happen and Derting would surprise you with something totally different. Derting is a gifted writer with an amazing and unique voice. This is a one of a kind action novel that you will not want to put down and you will be begging for more...