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Young Adult murder mysteries to read at any age

Lies Like Wildfire

Secrets and lies are everywhere in this compulsive page-turner, perfect for fans of TikTok favourites One of Us is Lying, We Were Liars and This Lie Will Kill You. 
 
Five friends. One secret. 
 
In Gap Mountain, California, everyone knows about fire season. 
 
And no one is more vigilant than 18-year-old Hannah Warner, the sheriff's daughter. 
 
That is until Hannah and her best friends accidentally spark a deadly wildfire that destroys their hometown. 
 
Desperate to hide the truth, the group makes a pact of silence. But their twisted secret begins to spin out of control and when one of the friends disappears they all become suspects. 
 
 We know how it starts but where does it end?

Secrets and lies are everywhere in this compulsive page-turner, perfect for fans of TikTok favourites One of Us is Lying, We Were Liars and This Lie Will Kill You. 
 
The monsters have known each other their whole lives. This is their final summer before college - time to hang out, fall in love and dream about the future. 
 
Until they accidentally start a forest fire which destroys their hometown and leaves death in its wake. 
 
Desperate for the truth to remain hidden, the group make a pact of silence. 
 
But the twisted secret begins to spin out of control and when one of the friends disappears they all become suspects. 
 
We know how it starts but where does it end?

Jennifer Lynn Alvarez

Twisted secrets that will have readers guessing with every flip of the page. Perfect for fans of GONE GIRL, WE WERE LIARS and Karen M. McManus. 
 
An end-of-summer party. A prank gone wrong. A body on the beach. Who's to blame? 
 
 
Tegan Sheffield's annual end-of-summer beach party is the only way to start their senior year. At least that's what Jake Healy tells his girlfriend Jessica Sanchez. 
 
But when a video prank from the party goes viral and a body is discovered at the beach, Jake and Jessica find themselves at the centre of a national media storm and a police investigation. 
 
It's a race to uncover the truth before the killer strikes again. 
 
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Young Adult murder mysteries to read at any age

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