"Hyper-tense high school whodunit...Everyone has secrets…"
Review of One of Us is Lying:
Five teens in detention are hit by a storm when one of them of dies. Outsider Simon, creator of the notorious Bayview High gossip app, wryly remarks that they’re all “walking teen-movie stereotypes” and casts himself as the “omniscient narrator” shortly before collapsing to his death.
The question is, why was there allergy-inducing peanut oil in Simon’s water? And why were the EpiPens missing from the nurse’s office? His death seems anything but accidental and, since Simon had dirt on pretty much the entire school population, a whole lot of people might have wanted him dead.
But when it emerges that he was about to reveal highly damaging secrets about his four co-detainees (we’re talking the kind of secrets that mess-up lives and destroy futures), they’re first in the frame for his murder.
A snappy story of cover-ups, lies and unraveling lives unfolds amidst a hotbed of suspicion and the personal plights of the accused teenagers, including two storylines of a romantic nature that truly tug at the heart. Entertainingly addictive, sharply written, with a genuinely jaw-dropping twist, this first-rate thriller exposes the murky morality of social media salaciousness, and questions what lengths a person might go to in order to protect their darkest secrets.
A boxset of four titles from the internationally bestselling author Karen M. McManus.
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A boxset of four titles from the internationally bestselling author Karen M. McManus.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Karen M. McManus Boxset and determined it is suitable for children aged 13-18 years old
Karen M. McManus Boxset features in the following genres: Featured Books for Young Adults, Recommendations, Gritty Reads, Thrillers, Adventure Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Featured Books for 13+ readers
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Karen M. McManus Boxset was written by Karen M. McManus and published by Penguin Random House Children's UK
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