From a supposed murder being revisited years later on a podcast, to suspicious secrets at an elite private school, to a woman reckoning with being a suspect in a cold case, to a missing person/potential imposter mystery, these novels are for everyone who wants more true crime in their lives!
LISTEN FOR THE LIE BY AMY TINTERA
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When Lucy was found wandering the streets, covered in her best friend Savvy’s blood, everyone thought she was a murderer. It’s been years since that horrible night, a night Lucy can’t remember anything about. Now the hit true crime podcast “Listen for the Lie” has decided to investigate Savvy’s murder. Lucy is forced to return to the place she vowed never to set foot in again to solve her friend’s murder, even if she is the one who did it.
“Most of the novel is told from Lucy’s point of view, which allows for a natural unspooling of the layers of her life and her story. She’s strong, she’s prickly, and we gradually begin to understand just how wronged she has been. The story is a striking commentary on the insular and harmful nature of small-town prejudice and how women who don’t fit a certain mold are often considered outliers, if not straight-up villains… Smart, edgy, and entertaining as heck.”–Kirkus Reviews
EVERYONE WHO CAN FORGIVE ME IS DEAD BY JENNY HOLLANDER
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Nine years ago, Charlie Colbert fled the scene of “Scarlet Christmas” on the campus of her elite journalism school. The press and police called her a “witness” to this gruesome Christmas Eve murder—though Charlie knows she was much more than that. Years later, Charlie learns that the murder she ran from is being adapted for film and her classmates are vowing to once-and-for-all get to the bottom of the crime.
“Thirty-two-year-old Brit Charlotte ‘Charlie’ Colbert seems to have it all. She’s the editor in chief at the Sunday supplement of a prestigious newspaper and resides in a stunning townhouse in New York with her gorgeous, wealthy fiancé. But Charlie is still haunted by the tragic multiple stabbing she survived at her prestigious journalism school nine years ago… [This is] an undeniable page-turner, and readers will be eager to find out both what happened the night of the attack and just how far Charlie will go to hide her possible complicity.”–Booklist
WHEN WE WERE SILENT BY FIONA MCPHILLIPS
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Louise Manson is the newest student at Highfield Manor, Dublin’s most exclusive private school. After Lou attempts to bring the school’s secret to light, her time at Highfield ends with a lifeless body sprawled at her feet. Thirty years later, Lou gets a shocking phone call. A high-profile lawyer is bringing a lawsuit against the school—and he needs Lou to testify. Lou will have to confront her past and discover, once and for all, what really happened at Highfield.
THE OTHER LOLA BY RIPLEY JONES
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In MISSING CLARISSA, Cam and Blair broke their small hometown’s legendary missing-girl story. And when Mattie Brosillard, a freshman at their high school, shows up on their doorstep begging them for help, they’ll be thrown into other mystery. Mattie’s sister Lola disappeared mysteriously five years ago. Now, she’s back–but Mattie is convinced the girl who returned is an impostor.
“The book includes several missives from Lola to Mattie interspersed between chapters that alternate between Cam’s and Blair’s third-person perspectives. This carefully structured tale paints Mattie’s complicated family with a wash of dysfunction, which, along with Cam’s realistic struggles with her mental health, will easily encourage readers to feel empathy… A poignant, intricately plotted novel that will keep readers guessing.”–Kirkus Reviews
LISTEN FOR THE LIE by Amy Tintera; 9781250880314; 3/5/24
EVERYONE WHO CAN FORGIVE ME IS DEAD by Jenny Hollander; 9781250890849; 2/6/24
WHEN WE WERE SILENT by Fiona McPhillips; 9781250908230; 5/21/24
THE OTHER LOLA by Ripley Jones; 9781250340467; 3/12/24
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