Death's Door (Herculeah Jones Series)

When her best friend, Meat, narrowly escapes a hired gunman's bullet, Herculeah Jones has another mystery on her hands. Just as she begins to piece together the clues, she's kidnapped and taken to Death's Door, a deserted bookstore that may be too aptly named. Because somewhere in the dark, stalking Herculeah, is the assassin— and this time, he's determined not to miss. "An intense and suspenseful mix of mistaken identities and assumptions." — The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books