Everyone is a suspect, and everyone has something to hide. One of Us Is Lying is the story of what happens when five strangers walk into detention and only four walk out alive.
One of Us is Lying by Karen M McManus (#4)
This is the story of an investigation turned obsession, full of twists and turns and with an ending you’ll never expect. Someone in Fairview doesn’t want Pip digging around for answers, and now her own life might be in danger. and the line between past and present begins to blur. But soon she discovers a trail of dark secrets that might actually prove Sal innocent. Now a senior herself, Pip decides to reexamine the closed case for her final project, at first just to cast doubt on the original investigation. How could he possibly have been a killer? She knew Sal when she was a child, and he was always so kind to her. And five years later, Pip sees how the tragedy still haunts her town.īut she can’t shake the feeling that there was more to what happened that day. Pretty and popular high school senior Andie Bell was murdered by her boyfriend, Sal Singh, who then killed himself. Soon, though, Mia reveals her true purpose for joining their ship-to track down her long-lost love.Īn inventive world, a breathtaking love story, and stunning art come together in this new work by award-winning artist Tillie Walden.Ī Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson (#3) As new member Mia gets to know her team, the story flashes back to her pivotal year in boarding school, where she fell in love with a mysterious new student. Throughout the deepest reaches of space, a crew rebuilds beautiful and broken-down structures, painstakingly putting the past together. With deportation looming over her father-despite his hard-won citizenship-Lily and Kath risk everything to let their love see the light of day. Red-Scare paranoia threatens everyone, including Chinese Americans like Lily. Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu can’t remember exactly when the question took root, but the answer was in full bloom the moment she and Kathleen Miller walked under the flashing neon sign of a lesbian bar called the Telegraph Club.Īmerica in 1954 is not a safe place for two girls to fall in love, especially not in Chinatown. It was about two women, and they fell in love with each other.” And then Lily asked the question that had taken root in her, that was even now unfurling its leaves and demanding to be shown the sun: “Have you ever heard of such a thing?” Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo(#1)Ī story of love and duty set in San Francisco’s Chinatown during the Red Scare. (All book descriptions from Goodreads, except where noted!) Posted by Gellman Tori at 4:39 pm Posted in Uni High Reads Labels: Feisty, Murderous, Mystery Making one of the not-so-major characters gay did feel a little bit queer-baity, but on the whole I think this book did it exactly what it set out to do, just possibly with a few too many difficult topics and situations thrown in for the sake of “representation” rather than for actual plot furthering or serious discussion. It’s also one of those books that’s really easy to devour, which can be a fun change of pace when you’ve been reading Six of Crows or The Name of the Wind (yes this is a shameless plug for the March Book Madness event you should definitely participate in at the library!)
The plot was a tad predictable, I’m not going to lie, but I loved the strong female characters enough that it kept me engaged all the way through.
I’ve been trying to read a wider variety of books lately because often times I end up pleasantly surprised (a good lesson to all readers, I think!). I enjoyed this book way more than I thought I would. Her future? Her friendships? Her sanity? Quite possibly all three. Jill is desperate for the truth, but it’s definitely going to cost her. UNTIL NOW! Just as Jill and the current senior Players are making plans to recruit the next group into the society, she starts receiving text messages telling her Graham is innocent, leading Jill to question everything she knows is true and has her confronting memories she has long-suppressed.
Shaila’s boyfriend Graham confessed to the murder and the case was closed. But when Jill was a Freshman, her charismatic best friend Shaila Arnold was murdered during a Player’s initiation ritual. High school senior Jill Newman is part of Gold Coast Prep’s not-so-secret society, The Players, who rule over the student body and have access to everything they could ever want in life from test answers to favor with college admissions counselors. Are you looking for a murder mystery similar to The Good Girl’s Guide to Murder? How about a book with a group dynamic fraught with tensions and secrets like One of Us Is Lying? Look no further than Jessica Goodman’s They Wish They Were Us which just came in to Uni High Library ?