Good Girls Die First

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\nFrom School Library Journal\nGr 10 Up-"There were two kinds of secrets in the world: secrets that lost their power when you told them, and secrets that changed everything." So begins this eerie, gothic-inspired thriller about Ava, an amateur photographer, and several of her classmates who are summoned to an island by a mysterious plot. Each student has their own secrets that brought them there, and each will have to fight for survival. From the very first page, readers will question everything-the characters, their secrets, and the dilapidated, prisonlike setting. This locked-room thriller is full of twists and turns that will keep readers guessing the ending until the very last page. VERDICT This gothic-inspired thriller with nods to Agatha Christie and Daphne du Maurier will keep readers on the edge of their seats and turning pages as quickly as they can. It is immersing, puzzling, and unpredictable, with a surprise ending that's sure to have teens talking.-Tracey Hodges, Univ. of Alabama, Northportα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.