It is a fundamental point in the story since it is what makes the reader keep reading with more desire and interest. In addition to the investigation, which is the common thread of the story, a large part of the book is dedicated to recounting the lives of each of the characters all their secrets, fears, and joys that they live throughout the plot. Something that catches the reader’s attention is a big mystery and several small ones, which is enough to make them hooked. The author manages to play with the reader’s head and makes them imagine a thousand possible scenarios.Īlthough it is not very difficult to solve, the mystery is pretty good. Events go by, one after the other, and towards the middle of the book, no one seems suspicious, but at the same time that everyone seems suspicious. In the second chapter, you already start to freak out. Nobody takes the blame, and nobody seems to have done it, but everyone has their reasons to do it, too.ĭespite the clichés and some predictable moments, the story of One Of Us Is Lying is utterly entertaining. Murder investigation starts, as everyone realizes that the dead student was going to publish the darkest secrets of other students in the high school the day after he died. Suddenly Simon fades out and dies of something that seems like an allergic reaction. One day they end up spending the afternoon in detention together, where one of them will not leave alive. Or are they the perfect patsies for a killer who’s still on the loose?Įveryone has secrets, right? What really matters is how far you would go to protect them.Bronwyn, Addy, Nate, Cooper, and Simon are students in Bayview High.

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. And according to investigators, his death wasn’t an accident. Before the end of detention Simon’s dead. Only, Simon never makes it out of that classroom. Nate, the criminal, is already on probation for dealing.Ĭooper, the athlete, is the all-star baseball pitcher.Īnd Simon, the outcast, is the creator of Bayview High’s notorious gossip app.

On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention.īronwyn, the brain, is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule.Īddy, the beauty, is the picture-perfect homecoming princess. Pay close attention and you might solve this.

“ Pretty Little Liars meets The Breakfast Club” ( EW.com ) in this “flat-out addictive” ( RT Book Reviews) story of what happens when five strangers walk into detention and only four walk out alive. One of Us Is Lying (#1 One of Us Is Lying) Karen M.

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