Published: 01/08/2024
The mega-selling author of One of Us Is Lying spins another edge-of-your-seat YA thriller, as a mother-daughter team of jewel thieves on their intended last heist get an unexpected reminder from the past.
The new mystery thriller from the author of One of Us Is Lying, Karen M. McManus! When mother-daughter grifters set out on their final heist, the job gets dangerously personal ... and deadly.
For all of Kat’s life, it’s just been her and her mother, Jamie—except for forty-eight hours twelve years ago when Jamie was married and Kat had a stepbrother, Liam. That all ended in a swift divorce, and Kat and Liam haven’t spoken since.
Now Jamie is a jewel thief trying to go straight, but she has one last job - at billionaire Ross Sutherland’s 80th birthday party. Kat has figured out a way to tag along to the dazzling Sutherland compound, but neither she nor her mother know about the other surprise guests that weekend: Liam and his father, a serial scammer who has his own sights set on Ross Sutherland’s youngest daughter.
Kat and Liam are on a collision course to disaster, and when a Sutherland dies, they realize they might be in the killer’s crosshairs themselves. They can’t trust anyone—except each other. Or can they? Because if there’s one thing both Kat and Liam know, it’s how to lie. They learned from the best.
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
ISBN: 9780241676981
Number of pages: 400
Weight: 509 g
Dimensions: 222 x 143 x 35 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
Ingenious - Booklist, starred review
An unputdownable, deliciously twisty mystery - Publishers Weekly
The queen of mystery is back with another chilling standalone - Cosmopolitan
The narrative slips into high gear, executing hairpin twists and exploding bombshells that catapult the tale to an electrifying close - Kirkus Reviews
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“A page turning rollercoaster, righteous read which you will love”
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“Quick paced and interesting”
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