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One of Us Is Lying (One of Us Is Lying, 1)
Karen M. McManus · 2023
<b>#1 <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY <i>ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY • BUZZFEED • POPCRUSH</i></b><br><b><br>“Pretty Little Liars meets The Breakfast Club” (<i>Entertainment Weekly</i>) in this addictive mystery about what happens when five strangers walk into detention and only four walk out alive. </b><br> <br>Pay close attention and you might solve this.<br>On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention.<br><br> Bronwyn, <b>the brain</b>, is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule.<br> Addy,<b> the beauty</b>, is the picture-perfect homecoming princess.<br> Nate, <b>the criminal</b>, is already on probation for dealing.<br> Cooper, <b>the athlete</b>, is the all-star baseball pitcher.<br> And Simon, <b>the outcast</b>, is the creator of Bayview High’s notorious gossip app.<br> <br>Only, Simon never makes it out of that classroom. Before the end of detention Simon's dead. And according to investigators, his death wasn’t an accident. On Monday, he died. But on Tuesday, he’d planned to post juicy reveals about all four of his high-profile classmates, which makes all four of them suspects in his murder. Or are they the perfect patsies for a killer who’s still on the loose?<br><br>Everyone has secrets, right? What really matters is how far you would go to protect them.<br><br><b><b>All the secrets of the Bayview Four will be revealed in the TV series now streaming on NBC's Peacock! <br><br><b>And don’t miss the #1 <i>New York Times </i>bestselling sequel, <i>One of Us is Next</i>!</b></b></b>
Two Can Keep a Secret
Karen M. McManus · 2019
One of Us Is Next: The Sequel to One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus · 2020
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • There's a new mystery to solve at Bayview High, and there's a whole new set of rules. The highly anticipated sequel to One of Us Is Lying!<br/><br/>Come on, Bayview, you know you've missed this.<br/><br/>A ton of copycat gossip apps have popped up since Simon died, but in the year since the Bayview four were cleared of his shocking death, no one's been able to fill the gossip void quite like he could. The problem is no one has the facts.<br/><br/>Until now.<br/><br/>This time it's not an app, though—it's a game.<br/><br/>Truth or Dare.<br/><br/>Phoebe's the first target. If you choose not to play, it's a truth. And hers is dark.<br/><br/>Then comes Maeve and she should know better—always choose the dare.<br/><br/>But by the time Knox is about to be tagged, things have gotten dangerous. The dares have become deadly, and if Maeve learned anything from Bronwyn last year, it's that they can't count on the police for help. Or protection.<br/><br/>Simon's gone, but someone's determined to keep his legacy at Bayview High alive. And the rules have changed.<br/><br/>Fans of the hit thriller that started it all can watch the secrets of the Bayview Four be revealed in the One of Us is Lying TV series now streaming on NBC's Peacock!
One of Us Is Back (ONE OF US IS LYING)
Karen M. McManus · 2023
<b>The global phenomenon returns with the third book in the One of Us Is Lying series, from #1 <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author Karen M. McManus. When someone from the Bayview Four’s past resurfaces, history begins to repeat itself—and the consequences are deadly.</b><br> <b> </b><br> <b>The third time’s a charm.</b><br> <b> </b><br> It’s been almost two years since Simon died in detention, and the aftermath has been hard to shake. First the Bayview Four had to prove they weren’t killers. Then a new generation outwitted a vengeful copycat. Now the entire Bayview Crew is back home for the summer, and everyone is trying to move on.<br> <br> Only, this is Bayview, and life is never that simple.<br> <br> At first the mysterious billboard seems like a bad joke: <i>Time for a new game, Bayview</i>. But when a member of the Bayview Crew disappears, it’s clear this “game” is serious—and whoever’s in charge isn’t sharing the rules. Or maybe there aren’t any.<br> <br> Bronwyn. Cooper. Addy. Nate. Maeve. Phoebe. Knox. Luis. Kris. Everyone’s a target. And now that someone unexpected has returned to Bayview, things could start getting deadly.<br> <br> The thing is, Simon was right about secrets—they all come out eventually. And Bayview has a lot it’s still hiding.
The Cousins
Karen M. McManus · 2020
You'll Be the Death of Me
Karen M. McManus · 2021
<b>#1 <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER • From the author of <i>One of Us Is Lying</i> comes a brand-new pulse-pounding thriller. It's <i>Ferris Bueller's Day Off</i> with murder when three old friends relive an epic ditch day, and it goes horribly—and fatally—wrong.</b><br><br>Ivy, Mateo, and Cal used to be close. Now all they have in common is Carlton High and the beginning of a very bad day. Type A Ivy lost a student council election to the class clown, and now she has to face the school, humiliated. Heartthrob Mateo is burned out from working two jobs since his family’s business failed. And outsider Cal just got stood up . . . again. <br><br>So when the three unexpectedly run into each other, they decide to avoid their problems by ditching. Just the three of them, like old times. Except they’ve barely left the parking lot before they run out of things to say. . . <br><br>. . . until they spot another Carlton High student skipping school—and follow him to the scene of his own murder. In one chance move, their day turns from dull to deadly. And it’s about to get worse. It turns out Ivy, Mateo, and Cal still have some things in common...like a connection to the dead kid. And they’re all hiding something. <br><br>Could it be that their chance reconnection wasn’t by chance after all? <br><br><b>Fans of the hit thriller that started it all can watch the secrets of the Bayview Four be revealed in the <i>One of Us is Lying</i> TV series now streaming on NBC's Peacock!</b>
The Housemaid
Freida McFadden · 2022
The Housemaid’s Secret
Freida McFadden • 2023
The Housemaid Is Watching
Freida McFadden · 2024
Breakout
Kate Messner · 2019
<p><b>Told in letters, poems, text messages, news stories, and comics--a series of documents Nora collects for the Wolf Creek Community Time Capsule Project<i>--Breakout</i> is a thrilling story that will leave readers thinking about who's really welcome in the places we call home.</b><br><br>Nora Tucker is looking forward to summer vacation in Wolf Creek--two months of swimming, popsicles, and brushing up on her journalism skills for the school paper.<br><br>But when two inmates break out of the town's maximum security prison, everything changes. Doors are locked, helicopters fly over the woods, and police patrol the school grounds.<br><br>Everyone is on edge, and fear brings out the worst in some people Nora has known her whole life. Even if the inmates are caught, she worries that home might never feel the same.<br><br><b>A Mighty Girl Best Book of the Year</b></p>
Such Charming Liars
Karen M. McManus · 2024
The Teacher
Freida McFadden · 2024
The Locked Door
Freida McFadden · 2023
<p>A twisty psychological thriller from the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Housemaid and The Coworker!</p> <p>Some doors are locked for a reason...</p> <p>While eleven-year-old Nora Davis was up in her bedroom doing homework, she had no idea her father was killing women in the basement.</p> <p>Until the day the police arrived at their front door.</p> <p>Decades later, Nora's father is spending his life behind bars, and Nora is a successful surgeon with a quiet, solitary existence. Nobody knows about her past, and she'll do anything to keep it that way.</p> <p>Then one of her young female patients is murdered, killed in the same unique and horrific manner that her father used to kill his victims.</p> <p>Somebody knows who Nora is. Somebody wants her to take the fall for this unthinkable crime. But she's not like her father. The police can't pin anything on her. As long as they don't look in her basement...</p> <p>From New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a riveting psychological thriller about guilt, secrets, and whether it's possible to outrun what's in our blood.</p>
The Coworker
Freida McFadden · 2023
Never Lie
Freida McFadden · 2023
The Island
Natasha Preston · 2023
<b>INSTANT<i> NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER • Hot on the heels of the <i>New York Times </i>bestseller<i>s The Twin </i>and<i> The Lake</i>, another pulse-pounding read from the undisputed queen of YA thrillers!<br><br>They said goodbye to their friends and family for the weekend. They weren’t counting on forever.</b><br><br>Jagged Island: a private amusement park for the very rich—or the very influential. Liam, James, Will, Ava, Harper, and Paisley—social media influencers with millions of followers—have been invited for an exclusive weekend before the park opens. They’ll make posts and videos for their channels and report every second of their VIP treatment. <br><br>When the teens arrive, they're stunned: the resort is even better than they’d imagined. Their hotel rooms are unreal, the park’s themed rides are incredible, and the island is hauntingly beautiful. They’re given a jam-packed itinerary for the weekend. <br><br>But soon they'll discover that something's missing from their schedule: getting off the island alive.
The Naturals (The Naturals, 1)
Jennifer Lynn Barnes · 2023
<b>Cold cases get hot in #1 <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author Jennifer Lynn Barnes's beloved, exhilarating novel--perfect for fans of Criminal Minds and </b><b><i>A Good Girl's Guide to Murder</i></b><b> </b><br> <br> <br> <br> Seventeen-year-old Cassie is a natural at reading people. Piecing together the tiniest details, she can tell you who you are and what you want. But, it's not a skill that she's ever taken seriously. That is, until the FBI come knocking: they've begun a classified program that uses exceptional teenagers to crack infamous cold cases, and they need Cassie.<br> <br> <br> <br> What Cassie doesn't realize is that there's more at stake than a few unsolved homicides--especially when she's sent to live with a group of teens whose gifts are as unusual as her own. Soon, it becomes clear that no one in the Naturals program is what they seem. And when a new killer strikes, danger looms close. Caught in a lethal game of cat and mouse with a killer, the Naturals are going to have to use all of their gifts just to survive.<br> <br> <br> <br> <i>The Naturals</i> is a razor-sharp psychological thriller with killer twists, to-die-for romance, and the addictive bones of your next favorite series.<br> <br> <br> <br> <b>Praise for <i>The Naturals</i></b><br> <br> "<i>The Naturals</i> is <i>Criminal Minds</i> for the YA world, and I loved every page." <b>--<i>New York Times</i> best-selling author Ally Carter</b><br> <br> * "[A] tightly paced suspense novel that will keep readers up until the wee hours to finish." <b>--<i>VOYA</i> (starred review)</b><br> <br> "This savvy thriller grabs readers right away." <b>--<i>Kirkus Reviews</i></b><br> <br> "It's a stay-up-late-to-finish kind of book, and it doesn't disappoint." <b>--<i>Publishers Weekly</i></b><br> <br> "In this high-adrenaline series opener...even a psychic won't anticipate all the twists and turns." <b>--<i>Booklist<br> <br> <br> <br> **Catch every thrilling twist and turn of The Naturals series in </i>The Naturals, Killer Instinct, All In, Bad Blood, <i>and the enovella, </i>Twelve!</b><br> <br> <br> <br> <b><i>And don't miss Jennifer Lynn Barnes's beloved The Inheritance Games Saga!</i> <i>Best reading order:</i> The Inheritance Games, The Hawthorne Legacy, The Final Gambit, The Brothers Hawthorne, The Grandest Game, Games Untold, Glorious Rivals <i>and</i> The Same Backward as Forward. </b><br> <br> <br> <br> <b><i>Then dive into her The Debutantes duet</i> (Little White Lies, Deadly Little Scandals), <i>and </i>The Lovely and the Lost<i>.</i></b>
Killer Instinct (The Naturals, 2)
Jennifer Lynn Barnes · 2023
All In (The Naturals, 3)
Jennifer Lynn Barnes · 2023
Bad Blood (The Naturals, 4)
Jennifer Lynn Barnes · 2023
Twelve: The Naturals E-Novella
Jennifer Lynn Barnes · 2023
The Reappearance of Rachel Price
Holly Jackson · 2024
The Housemaid’s Wedding
Freida McFadden • 2024
The Only One Left
Riley Sager · 2023
The Crash
Freida McFadden · 2025
And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie · 2009
The Tenant
Freida McFadden · 2025
<p>A new, jaw-dropping thriller from the instant #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boyfriend and The Housemaid!</p> <p>There's no place like home...</p> <p>Blake Porter is riding high, until he's not. Fired abruptly from his job as a VP of marketing and unable to make the mortgage payments on the new brownstone he shares with his fiancée, he's desperate to make ends meet.</p> <p>Enter Whitney. Beautiful, charming, down-to-earth, and looking for a room to rent. She's exactly what Blake's looking for. Or is she?</p> <p>Because something isn't quite right. The neighbors start treating Blake differently. The smell of decay permeates his home, no matter how hard he scrubs. Strange noises jar him awake in the middle of the night. And soon Blake fears someone knows his darkest secrets...</p> <p>Danger lives right at home, and by the time Blake realizes it, it'll be far too late. The trap is already set.</p> <p>#1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden knocks at your door with a gripping story of revenge, privilege, and secrets turned sour...</p>
The Perfect Son
Freida McFadden · 2019
Death Row
Freida McFadden · 2025
The Boyfriend
Freida McFadden · 2024
