Good Girls Die First
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
For fans of Karen McManus' One of Us is Lying and films like I Know What You Did Last Summer, comes a gripping thriller about murder, mystery, and deception.
Blackmail lures Ava to the abandoned amusement park on Portgrave Pier. She is one of ten teenagers, all with secrets they intend to protect whatever the cost. When fog and magic swallow the pier, the group find themselves cut off from the real world. As the teenagers turn on each other, Ava will have to face up to the secret that brought her to the pier and decide how far she's willing to go to survive. The teenagers have only their secrets to protect and each other to betray.
Perfect for:
•13-18 year-old mystery fans
•Fans of Karen McManus and Stephen King
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In a tropey debut reminiscent of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None, 10 teens, each harboring a dark secret, receive personalized notes beckoning them to a local pier that leads to an uninhabited island—and the abandoned Magnificent Baldo's Carnival, "destroyed in an unexplained blaze" 40 years back. When the pier collapses, the group is trapped on the island with no cell phone coverage and a thick fog concealing them from the mainland. Though the night starts out with a lively bonfire, a bottle of vodka, and talk of ghosts, the arrival of an otherworldly spirit named Whispers sees the ethnically inclusive group—each known for an activity or personality trait—questioning who they really are. And when the first of the 10 is found dead, a pattern of revelations and deaths begins chipping away at the teens. If the number of protagonists and confessions bogs down the pacing, Foxfield's focus on social niches and escalating suspense will appeal to fans of Karen McManus. Ages 14–up.
