title: A Quest for the Truth
author: Maya Deen
description: Maya Deen is a 10 year old girl who lives in Bangkok. She grew up in New York City in the USA and moved to Thailand at the age of 7. She enjoys reading, singing, swimming, tennis, badminton a, traveling, and spending time with her family. She attends a school called NIST (New International School of Thailand). NIST gave an opportunity to its students called NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), which encouraged her to write a novel. Maya Deen is now proud to be the author of her second published book.
zlib_text: The truth hides in dark places . . .
  
  Recently settled in Hode’s Hill, Pennsylvania, Maya Sinclair is enthralled by
  the town’s folklore, especially the legend about a centuries-old monster. A
  devil-like creature with uncanny abilities responsible for several horrific
  murders, the Fiend has evolved into the stuff of urban myth. But the past
  lives again when Maya witnesses an assault during the annual “Fiend Fest.” The
  victim is developer Leland Hode, patriarch of the town’s most powerful family,
  and he was attacked by someone dressed like the Fiend.
  
  Compelled to discover who is behind the attack and why, Maya uncovers a
  shortlist of enemies of the Hode clan. The mystery deepens when she finds the
  journal of a late nineteenth-century spiritualist who once lived in Maya’s
  house—a woman whose ghost may still linger. Known as the Blue Lady of Hode’s
  Hill due to a genetic condition, Lucinda Glass vanished without a trace and
  was believed to be one of the Fiend’s tragic victims. The disappea