One Of Us Is Next

One Of Us Is Next

YA mystery/thriller
Oh, happy day! Karen McManus has written a sequel to her One Of
Us Is Lying. It's every bit as good.
One Of Us Is Lying Starts out in am after school detention
room. The teens serving time--Bronwyn, the brain, Addy, the home
coming princess, Cooper, the baseball star, Nate, the juvenile
delinquent, and Simon, whose very active gossip app tantalized and
aggravates his peers--seem to have nothing in common.
When Simon dies in that classroom and his death is deemed to be
murder his detention mates all become suspects. They were the last
ones to see him alive. He was going to reveal major dirt on them the
next day. Can we say motive and opportunity?
In One Of Us Is Next McManus returns to Bayview High. This
time, rather than an app, there's a top secret Truth or Dare game. A
student will be notified that they have to either accept and pull off
a dare or have a painfully embarassing secret revealed to the whole
school. Either option is dangerous. The mystery game host has access
to some real dirt. Then one of the dares ends in tragedy.
Once again McManus uses her multiperspective narrative style to
bring to life complex characters and relationships and create an aura
of palpable suspense. YA and adult thriller affecianados, especially
fans of One Of Us Is Lying, will find this most worthy sequel to be a
must read.
On a purrrsonal note, well once again we're coming up on a weekend. I
hope you have something good planned. I have something awesome. Last
May when Amber and Brian got married they could only have immediate
family. Now they're planning to reenact so more members can take
part. The weather's the potential challenge. But possibility of
precip has just dropped from 42% to 24%. So I'm hopeful.
I'm really enjoying lilac season. I keep a vase in my kitchen and am
savoring that once a year aroma. (Jules)
Hoping for not rain (Tobago)
A great big shout out goes out to you, our readers, with best wishes
for a safe and happy weekend.
Tobago and Jules Hathaway


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