Carrie McCrossen

THE NEW TEEN SLEUTH: Margot Mertz is Veronica Mars or Nancy Drew in a modern teen package. She's a take-no-prisoners star character, always ready with a quip or a joke, and a solution to every internet problem. Fans of the HBO Max show Search Party will love this-it's a little bit of noir, mystery, girl-power, romance, and comedy all at the same time.DARK YET HILARIOUS MYSTERY:Margot Mertz Will Clean Your Filth is perfect for fans of Maureen Johnson's Truly Devious books-with their blend of humor, mystery, and sometimes dark subject matter.COMMERCIAL THRILLER x ROMANCE: This book is just as accessible for fans of thrillers like One of Us Is Lying, The Cheerleaders, and They Wish They Were Us as it is for fans of contemporary YA and romance. Margot's romance with Avery is something that readers will be rooting for.TACKLES REAL TOPICS: Margot's hired to take down a revenge-porn site at her high school. For modern teens who have to deal with sexual harassment, revenge porn, and misogyny in their high schools and online, this will be a satisfying read. Fans of the books Moxie, Parachutes, Rules for Being a Girl, and The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau Banks will love this.TEMPLE HILL PRODUCING FOR TV: This project came to us from Temple Hill Entertainment, who is actively pitching this for TV or film opportunities.FOREIGN SALES:ANZ / Hardie GrantBrazilian Portuguese / NacionalFrench / La MartiniereKorean / Moonhak SoochupRussian / Exmo

Veronica Mars meets Moxie in this hilarious and biting YA contemporary novel following Margot Mertz, a girl who runs an internet cleanup business and embarks on a quest to take down a revenge-porn site targeting the girls in her school.For the right price, high school junior Margot Mertz will go to the ends of the internet to remove your nip-slip, dick pic, or embarrassing DM. At least that's what it says on her business card. Margot founded a now notorious company that helps students, teachers, even a local weatherman, discreetly clean up their digital shame. And since her parents lost her college fund, Margot is happy to work for anyone…if they can pay, she can clean.But when a fellow student hires her to take down some leaked nudes, Margot discovers a secret revenge porn site featuring Roosevelt High girls. And hell hath no fury like Margot when she sees girls' butts shared without their consent. With the help of an unwitting ally, the popular and uncomfortably handsome Avery Green, Margot will gain access to the far flung cliques of Roosevelt High. Anything to find the mastermind (read: asshole) behind the site. But the more she digs, the deeper and darker the case becomes until Margot realizes that some jobs are so dirty, no one can come away clean. Even her. Gross.