SOURCE: "'Who Killed My Daughter?': Lois Duncan (and Delacorte) Search for an Answer," in Publishers Weekly, Vol. 239, April 20, 1992, p. 19.

[Below, Simson reviews Who Killed My Daughter?]

"Don't Look Behind You (1989) was a book about a teenage girl who was chased by a hitman in a Camarro," says Lois Duncan of her 1989 YA novel. "Later that year, my eldest daughter, who was the model for the girl, was chased by a hitman driving a Camarro." The difference is that in real life, 18-year-old Kaitlyn Arquette was shot and killed. Since then, Duncan, who has 39 novels to her credit, has written only one book—Who Killed My Daughter?: The True Story of a Mother's Search for Her Daughter's Murderer, due from Delacorte in June.

Had Kaitlyn's death been the random killing that the police labeled it, there would have been no need for a search. But while settling her...