One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
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?
Trigger & Content Warnings:
- Ableism
- Racism
- Sexism
- Slut shaming
- Homomisia & homomisia slurs
- Coming out themes
- Dubious consent scenario*
- Nonconsensual voyeurism mentioned
- Parental abandonment recounted
- Cheating, recounted & discussed
- Alcoholism mentioned
- Bipolar Disorder
- Suicide & attempted suicide
- Self harm
- Alcohol consumption & abuse
- Recreational drug use
- Death from anaphylaxis
- Cancer mentioned
- Heart attack
- Hospital
- Death of a classmate, on-page
- Death of an uncle
- Death of a mother recounted
- Murder & attempted murder
- School shooting & gun violence discussed
- Strangulation
- Physical assault
- Car accident recounted
- Blackmail
- Bullying
* Note : Characters under the influence of alcohol recount having sex, and a protagonist recounts coerced ‘consent’ to sex with her boyfriend.
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