The mysterious return of Clara Reynolds

Five friends.
One murder.
But she was never really gone.

When Clara Reynolds disappears, everyone assumes she's dead. No one knows what happened to her, but her best friends Taylor Jackson, Adrian Bradley, Codey Price, and Maya Thomas are desperate to find out.
Then, a mysterious hooded girl starts following them, making them question everything they thought they knew.
What if Clara isn't really dead?
But if she's alive, what is she running from?

Louis Drake is a up-and-coming German author who has been writing books and stories since pre-school - his first "book" was a fanfiction about the TV series "The Jungle Book". Today, he focuses on writing fantasy and young adult novels and has attended several writing courses. "The Mysterious Return of Clara Reynolds", first published in German in fall 2024, is his debut novel.