Tamara's Teardrops

Series · 3 books · 2014-2018

By P.D. Workman

Books in series

Tattooed Teardrops

2014

Tattooed Teardrops is the winner of the Top Fiction award for the 2016 In the Margins Best Books for Teens book award! "I don't plan on getting in any trouble." Tamara had thought that when she got out of juvie, things would be easier. But before long, it seems like her life is spiraling into chaos. If she can't prove to her probation officer that she is innocent of the allegations against her, she's going back to prison, and Tamara just can't let that happen.

Two Teardrops

2018

The much-anticipated sequel to Tattooed Teardrops, winner of Library Services for Youth in Custody 2016 In The Margin's top fiction award. There was no justice. Returning to juvie after breaching her parole, Tamara finds that everything is the same as when she left, and yet everything is different. She fights to reestablish her rep while increasingly troubled by emerging memories. Unexpected events lead to Tamara again finding herself out of juvie and on the streets, trying to resolve her past while avoiding capture by the authorities. Books 3 and 4 in the series are being released in April and May 2018

Tortured Teardrops

2018

Third in series after the award-winning Tattooed Teardrops, winner of the 2016 Top Fiction award by Library Services for Youth in Custody's In The Margins Committee. Tamara French is back in juvenile detention, and things are not going well. Have her experiences on the outside affected her so much? The staff can’t figure out what is wrong, and Tamara herself can’t explain what is going on with her. Things are spiraling rapidly out of control and nobody seems to be able to reach Tamara anymore.

Author

P.D. Workman

Author · 93 books

P.D. Workman is a USA Today Bestselling author, winner of several awards from Library Services for Youth in Custody and the InD’tale Magazine’s Crowned Heart award, and has published over 90 mystery/suspense/thriller and young adult books, including stand alones and these series: Auntie Clem's Bakery cozy mysteries, Reg Rawlins Psychic Investigator paranormal mysteries, Zachary Goldman Mysteries (PI), Kenzie Kirsch Medical Thrillers, Parks Pat Mysteries (police procedural), and YA series: Medical Kidnap Files, Tamara's Teardrops, Between the Cracks, and Breaking the Pattern. Workman loves writing about the underdog, who the reader may love or hate. She has been praised for her realistic details, deep characterization, and sensitive handling of the serious social issues that appear in all of her stories, from light cozy mysteries through to darker, grittier young adult and mystery/suspense books.