Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Body in the Woods | 2014 | April Henry | Buy |
| 2 | Blood Will Tell | 2015 | April Henry | Buy |
The Point Last Seen books are set in the Pacific Northwest, where a group of teenage volunteers trains alongside adult search and rescue professionals. The series mixes realistic procedural detail with suspense: the teens are not junior detectives in the cosy mystery sense, but ordinary young people who happen to find themselves looking at things no one was supposed to see.
The Body in the Woods introduces Alexis, Ruby, and Nick as they join a search for a missing woman in the forest. What they find there sets the plot in motion. Blood Will Tell, the second book, brings back some of the same characters and continues in a similar vein, with search and rescue operations providing the setting for another criminal case.
Henry has spoken about her interest in search and rescue work in interviews, and that background shows in the specificity of the details. The two books in the series are short and fast-paced, aimed at reluctant readers as well as genre fans. They work well in order but could be read independently.