#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY • BUZZFEED • POPCRUSH
“Pretty Little Liars meets The Breakfast Club” (Entertainment Weekly) in this addictive mystery about what happens when five strangers walk into detention and only four walk out alive. Pay close attention and you might solve this.
On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention.
Bronwyn,
the brain, is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule.
Addy,
the beauty, is the picture-perfect homecoming princess.
Nate,
the criminal, is already on probation for dealing.
Cooper,
the athlete, is the all-star baseball pitcher.
And Simon,
the outcast, is the creator of Bayview High’s notorious gossip app.
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?
Everyone has secrets, right? What really matters is how far you would go to protect them.
All the secrets of the Bayview Four will be revealed in the TV series now streaming on NBC's Peacock!
And don’t miss the #1 New York Times bestselling sequel, One of Us is Next!
On sale: February 28, 2023
Age: 14 and up
Grade: Grade 9 & Up
Page count: 416 Pages
ISBN: 9781524714758
Reading level: Lexile: HL730L
Karen M. McManus earned her BA in English from the College of the Holy Cross and her MA in journalism from Northeastern University. She is the #1
New York Times bestselling author of
One of Us Is Lying, its sequel
One of Us Is Next,
Two Can Keep a Secret and
The Cousins. Her work has been published in more than 40 languages. To learn more about Karen and her books, visit karenmcmanus.com, or follow @writerkmc on Twitter and Instagram.
A New York Times Bestseller
An Entertainment Weekly Best YA Book of the Year Selection
A Buzzfeed Best YA Book of the Year Selection
A New York Public Library's Best Book for Teens Selection A Popcrush Best Young Adult Book of the Year Selection
A CBC Teen Choice Book Award Nominee
A Bustle Best Young Adult Book of the MonthA Goodreads Best Young Adult Book of the Year Nominee
A YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction Book Nominee
A YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
“Pretty Little Liars meets The Breakfast Club....so make room for
One of Us Is Lying in your bags, because this is one carry-on you won’t want to put down." —
Entertainment Weekly Online
“You’ll tear through this
juicy, super-fun (if murder can ever be fun?) thriller."—Bustle
"
A whodunit with a Breakfast Club twist...following four unique voices
on a chase to find the killer, this one will keep you guessing until the very, very end."—Popcrush
"Twisty plotting, breakneck pacing and intriguing characterisation add up to
an exciting, single-sitting thrillerish treat."—
The Guardian"This is
no ordinary whodunit…surprising and relevant."—
USA Today
"Readers will have a hard time putting this
clever page-turner down." —BookPage Online
“
An addictive, devour-in-one-sitting thriller with so many twists and turns you'll be wondering until the very end:
Who really killed Simon?”—Kara Thomas, author of
The Darkest Corners and
Little Monsters
★"[As] McManus's intense mystery unfolds...
each character becomes more complex and nuanced, adding richness and depth to the suspense." —
VOYA, Starred Review
"This
fast-paced blend of Gossip Girl, Pretty Little Liars, and classic John Hughes will leave readers racing to the finish as the try to unravel the mystery on their own."—
Kirkus Reviews
"One of Us Is Lying is
flat-out addictive...[McManus] weaves an authentic, suspenseful mystery that readers can imagine taking place at their very own high school.
”—RT Book Reviews
"A
smart, twisted, and unpredictable YA mystery that will have readers guessing until the very end."—
SLJ
"
An engaging, enticing look at the pressures of high school and the things that cause a person to lose control."—
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