Baby-Sitter's Nightmare /Part 2

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Summary: "All baby-sitters must die."
Review: Although "Baby-sitter's Nightmare Part II" is a sequel, the previous characters don't reappear in this story, nor is the setting the same. Instead, it takes place in Silverdale, New Mexico, where a killer has decided to target eight female baby-sitters as his/her victims. After several attempts on the 16-year-old protagonist's life (and the murder of her best friend, Amy Holland), Karin Conner begins to suspect the killer is someone she knows very well, possibly one of her close friends.

The killer's motive (which is given away completely in the synopsis on the back cover) is a tad bit silly, I thought, and the tagline ("All baby-sitters must die.") got a slight snicker out of me. But, thankfully, this book doesn't repeat the same storyline as the first, since a lot of other juvenile suspense series do this, with the main character and killer doing the same things over and over, when you would think both would have learned something by about the second or third book.

It's not necessary to read both books to understand either one, since "Baby-sitter's Nightmare" and this book have separate plots, but if you like young adult thrillers, then I'd recommend reading both, though I prefer the first book over this one.