A New York Times Bestseller
An Entertainment Weekly Best YA Book of the Year SelectionA Buzzfeed Best YA Book of the Year Selection
A New York Public Library's Best Book for Teens Selection
**A Popcrush Best Young Adult Book of the Year Selection
A CBC Teen Choice Book Award Nominee
****A Bustle Best Young Adult Book of the Month
**A Goodreads Best Young Adult Book of the Year Nominee
**A YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction Book Nominee
A YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

“Pretty Little Liars meets The Breakfast Club....*so make room for One of Us Is Lying in your bags, because this is one carry-on you won’t want to put down." —Entertainment Weekly* Online

“You’ll tear through this juicy, super-fun (if murder can ever be fun?) thriller."—Bustle 

"A whodunit with a Breakfast Club twist...following four unique voices on a chase to find the killer, this one will keep you guessing until the very, very end."—Popcrush

"Twisty plotting, breakneck pacing and intriguing characterisation add up to an exciting, single-sitting thrillerish treat."—The Guardian

"This is no ordinary whodunit…surprising and relevant."—*USA Today

"Readers will have a hard time putting this *clever page-turner** down." —BookPage Online

“An addictive, devour-in-one-sitting thriller with so many twists and turns you'll be wondering until the very end: Who really killed Simon?”—Kara Thomas, author of The Darkest Corners and *Little Monsters

• ★"[As] McManus's intense mystery unfolds...each character becomes more complex and nuanced, adding richness and depth to the suspense." —VOYA, Starred Review

  "This fast-paced blend of Gossip Girl, Pretty Little Liars, and classic John Hughes will leave readers racing to the finish as the try to unravel the mystery on their own."—**Kirkus Reviews

  "One of Us Is Lyingis flat-out addictive...[McManus] weaves an authentic, suspenseful mystery that readers can imagine taking place at their very own high school.**”—RT Book Reviews

  "A smart, twisted, and unpredictable YA mystery that will have readers guessing until the very end."—*SLJ

• "An engaging, enticing look at the pressures of high school and the things that cause a person to lose control."—*Booklist***

  Autorentext

  Karen M. McManus earned her BA in English from the College of the Holy Cross and her MA in journalism from Northeastern University. She is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying, its sequel One of Us Is Next, Two Can Keep a Secret and The Cousins. Her work has been published in more than 40 languages. To learn more about Karen and her books, visit karenmcmanus.com, or follow @writerkmc on Twitter and Instagram.

  Klappentext

  "When the creator of a high school gossip app mysteriously dies in front of four high-profile students all four become suspects. It's up to them to solve the case"--

  Zusammenfassung
  **All the secrets of the Bayview Four will be revealed in the TV series now streaming on Peacock!

  THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY • BUZZFEED • POPCRUSH

  “Pretty Little Liars meets The Breakfast Club” (Entertainment Weekly) in this addictive mystery about what happens when five strangers walk into detention and only four walk out alive.
   
  Pay close attention and you might solve this.
  On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention.
      Bronwyn, the brain, is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule.
      Addy, the beauty, is the picture-perfect homecoming princess.
      Nate, the criminal, is already on probation for dealing.
      Cooper, the athlete, is the all-star baseball pitcher.
      And Simon, the outcast**, is the creator of Bayview High’s notorious gossip app.
   
  Only, Simon never makes it out of that classroom. Before the end of detention Simon's dead. And according to investigators, his death wasn’t an accident. On Monday, he died. But on Tuesday, he’d planned to post juicy reveals about all four of his high-profile classmates, which makes all four of them suspects in his murder. Or are they the perfect patsies for a killer who’s still on the loose?

  Everyone has secrets, right? What really matters is how far you would go to protect them.

  And don’t miss the #1 New York Times bestselling sequel, One of Us is Next!
  

  Leseprobe
  Chapter One
   
   
   
  Bronwyn
   
  Monday, September 24, 2:55 p.m.
   
   
   
  A sex tape. A pregnancy scare. Two cheating scandals. And that’s just this week’s update. If all you knew of Bayview High was Simon Kelleher’s gossip app, you’d wonder how anyone found time to go to class.
   
  “Old news, Bronwyn,” says a voice over my shoulder. “Wait till you see tomorrow’s post.”
   
  Damn. I hate getting caught reading About That, especially by its creator. I lower my phone and slam my locker shut. “Whose lives are you ruining next, Simon?”
   
  Simon falls into step beside me as I move against the flow of students heading for the exit. “It’s a public service,” he says with a dismissive wave. “You tutor Reggie Crawley, don’t you? Wouldn’t you rather know he has a camera in his bedroom?”
   
  I don’t bother answering. Me getting anywhere near the bedroom of perpetual stoner Reggie Crawley is about as likely as Simon growing a conscience.
   
  “Anyway, they bring it on themselves. If people didn’t lie and cheat, I’d be out of business.” Simon’s cold blue eyes take in my lengthening strides. “Where are you rushing off to? Covering yourself in extracurricular glory?”
   
  I wish. As if to taunt me, an alert crosses my phone: Mathlete practice, 3 p.m., Epoch Coffee. Followed by a text from one of my teammates: Evan’s here.
   
  Of course he is. The cute Mathlete--less of an oxymoron than you might think--seems to only ever show up when I can’t.
   
  “Not exactly,” I say. As a general rule, and especially lately, I try to give Simon as little information as possible. We push through green metal doors to the back stairwell, a dividing line between the dinginess of the original Bayview High and its bright, airy new wing. Every year more wealthy families get priced out of San Diego and come fifteen miles east to Bayview, expecting that their tax dollars will buy them a nicer school experience than popcorn ceilings and scarred linoleum.
   
  Simon’s still on my heels when I reach Mr. Avery’s lab on the third floor, and I half turn with my arms crossed. “Don’t you have someplace to be?”
   
  “Yeah. Detention,” Simon says, and waits for me to keep walking. When I grasp the knob instead, he bursts out laughing. “You’re kidding me. You too? What’s your crime?”
   
  “I’m wrongfully accused,” I mutter, and yank the door open. Three other students are already seated, and I pause to take them in. Not the group I would have predicted. Except one.
   
  Nate Macauley tips his chair back and smirks at me. “You make a wrong turn? This is detention, not student council.”
   
  He should know. Nate’s been in trouble since fifth grade, w…