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The Truth About Keeping Secrets by Savannah Brown

The Truth About Keeping Secrets

A stunning coming-of-age tale from poet and writer Savannah Brown. 
 
Sydney's dad is the only psychiatrist for miles around in their small Ohio town. 
 
He is also unexpectedly dead. 
 
Sydney believes the crash was anything but an accident. And when the threatening texts begin, and June Copeland - homecoming queen and golden child - appears at his funeral out of nowhere, she's sure of it. 
 
But through Sydney's newfound relationship with June, she's given a glimpse of a life without the darkness of an unresolved grief and the chance, just maybe, of a fresh start. 
 
Until it's clear that the secrets won't go away, and the truth might bring everything crashing down... 
 
Imperfect friendships, the shadow of grief and the sweet pain of romance - this is a poetic, thrilling ode to being human.

Savannah Brown is an American author and poet currently residing in London, England. In 2016, she self-published her bestselling collection of poetry titled Graffiti (and Other Poems), which won a Goodreads Choice Award.

Sydney's dad is the only psychiatrist for miles around their small Ohio town. 
 
He is also unexpectedly dead. 
 
Is Sydney crazy, or is it kind of weird that her dad - a guy whose entire job revolved around other peoples' secrets - crashed alone, with no explanation? 
 
And why is June Copeland, homecoming queen and the town's golden child, at his funeral? 
 
As the two teenagers grow closer in the wake of the accident, it's clear that not everyone is happy about their new friendship. 
 
But what is picture perfect June still hiding? And does Sydney even want to know? 
 
THE TRUTH ABOUT KEEPING SECRETS is a page turning, voice led, high school thriller.

Savannah Brown

A beautifully written mystery with a host of fascinating characters, Savannah Brown's new book explores loss - on both the people and the places left behind - and comments on our fascination with true crime in a fresh and thought-provoking way.

Vincent Ralph, author of Are You Watching?

A propulsive mystery driven by beautifully raw narration, The Things We Don't See is an honest look at the cost of moving on. Brown's prose reads like a live wire.

Fast- paced, character-driven and completely addictive. The perfect YA mystery.

"The year is 1987 and the sleepy village of Sandown Bay is waking up . . ." 
 
To its residents, Sandown is home - a tiny village holiday resort in the western United States. 
 
To everyone else, it's a minuscule island, that brings tourists in summer and not a lot else the rest of the time. 
 
To Mona Perry, it's a mystery. 
 
Thirty-four years ago, promising singer and Sandown resident Roxy Raines went missing, and was never found. The people of the island are still reluctant to talk about it, claiming Roxy was simply a runaway, but the evidence doesn't quite add up. 
 
Mona is convinced something else is going on. Armed only with a suitcase and a microphone - to record her findings for the general public - this runaway teenager is determined to get to the bottom of the disappearance. 
 
But as Mona gets drawn deeper and deeper into the strange goings on of this isolated community, it is clear that nothing is as it seems - not even Mona's own past. 
 
Some things are meant to disappear . . .

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A beautifully written mystery with a host of fascinating characters, Savannah Brown's new book explores loss - on both the people and the places left behind - and comments on our fascination with true crime i ...

A propulsive mystery driven by beautifully raw narration, The Things We Don't See is an honest look at the cost of moving on. Brown's prose reads like a live wire.

Fast- paced, character-driven and completely addictive. The perfect YA mystery.

A beautifully written mystery with a host of fascinating characters, Savannah Brown's new book explores loss - on both the people and the places left behind - and comments on our fascination with true crime i ...

A propulsive mystery driven by beautifully raw narration, The Things We Don't See is an honest look at the cost of moving on. Brown's prose reads like a live wire.

Fast- paced, character-driven and completely addictive. The perfect YA mystery.

A beautifully written mystery with a host of fascinating characters, Savannah Brown's new book explores loss - on both the people and the places left behind - and comments on our fascination with true crime i ...

A propulsive mystery driven by beautifully raw narration, The Things We Don't See is an honest look at the cost of moving on. Brown's prose reads like a live wire.

Fast- paced, character-driven and completely addictive. The perfect YA mystery.

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