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This book is a sequel to McManus’s first book, One of Us Is Lying, which I enjoyed a lot. Instead of focusing on the main characters from that book, this book centers around the classmates of Bronwyn’s younger sister, Maeve. It’s hard to keep a good gossip down, and everyone wants to fill the shoes of Simon, the gossip-slinging victim of the first book. So when
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My book club read Karen McManus’s first book, One of Us is Lying, last year and liked it enough that we decided to follow it up with her second book this year! Ellery and her twin brother Ezra end up living with their grandmother in their mother’s Vermont hometown after she ends up in rehab. The 5-year anniversary of the murder of a teenage girl
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I thought this was really great, which should be evident by how quickly I read it (3 days). It starts out with five students serving detention one evening, but then one of them dies in a way that can’t quite be accidental. The characters start out rooted in their stereotypes — the smart one, the pretty one, the bad boy, the jock, and the outcast.
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