“To prepare for writing my book, I studied the novels and short stories of 
Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett, and watched the films Double Indemnity, In a Lonely Place, and Mildred Pierce.I also developed a taste for modern teen and tween noir.”

Sarah Skilton offers a list of her favorite teen noir books, including 
You Killed Wesley Payne by Sean Beaudoin, Author, What I Saw and How I Liedby Judy Blundell, and Fake ID by Lamar “L.R.” Giles.