One Of Us Is Lying

Mcmanus book of the same name.

One of us is lying. One of us is lying follows four different characters as their lives unfolds after their classmate simon kelleher dies during detention after drinking from a glass coated in peanut oil. She is the 1 new york times bestselling author of one of us is lying its sequel one of us is next and two can keep a secret. On monday afternoon five students at bayview high walk into detention. The book is her debut novel originally published in the us by delacorte press an imprint of penguin random house on the 30 may 2017.

Mcmanus one of us is lying is a murder mystery set in a high school. They were in detention with the boy when he died but no one saw anyone do anything to him. Everyone in that room is a suspect and everyone seems to have something to hide. The book uses multiperspectivity to show the points of view of all four student suspects.

Five high schoolers go into the detention one day but only four of them make it out alive. One of us is lying is a young adult mystery suspense novel by author karen m. The breakfast club meets pretty little liars one of us is lying is the story of what happens when five strangers walk into detention and only four walk out alive. About the author karen m.

Mcmanus earned her ba in english from the college of the holy cross and her ma in journalism from northeastern university. One of us is lying is a 2017 young adult thriller by karen mcmanus that revolves around the suspicious death of bayview high school senior simon kelleher author of a gossip app called about that. The story is told from the alternating first person perspectives of four students who served detention with simon when he died. Bronwyn rojas nate macauley addy prentiss and cooper clay were all in detention with simon and they are the four narrators of the book.

Mcmanus earned her ba in english from the college of the holy cross and her ma in journalism from northeastern university. Parents need to know that karen m. The book is a little like elite meets pretty little liars. When she isn t working or writing in cambridge massachusetts mcmanus loves to travel with her son.

Her work has been published in more than 40 languages. Bronwyn cooper nate and addy. Everyone is a suspect and everyone has something to hide. Four teens are suspects in the death of a classmate.