One of Us Is Lying

Ages 14 And Up, Grades 9 And Up

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Pretty Little Liars meets The Breakfast Club” (Entertainment Weekly) in this addictive mystery about what happens when five strangers walk into detention and only four walk out alive.

Pay close attention and you might solve this.

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?

Everyone has secrets, right? What really matters is how far you would go to protect them.

Stream the secrets of the Bayview Four in the One of Us is Lying tv series, now on Peacock!

Story Locale:Contemporary; the fictional suburb of Bayview in Southern California

Series Overview: One of Us is Lying (2017); One of Us is Next (2020)

About the Author

Karen M. McManus earned her BA in English from the College of the Holy Cross and her MA in journalism from Northeastern University. She is the New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying, Two Can Keep a Secret, One of Us Is Next, The Cousins, You'll Be the Death of Me, and Nothing More to Tell. Her work has been published in more than 40 languages. To learn more about Karen and her books visit karenmcmanus.com or follow @writerkmc on Twitter and Instagram.

Author Residence: Cambridge, MA