Only If You’re Lucky
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3.3 • 4 Ratings
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Publisher Description
'A pitch dark, pitch perfect novel… Beautifully written, a stunning thriller.' Andrea Mara
Six months ago, we moved in together.
Lucy, Nicole, Sloane and me.
Lucy pulled us into her orbit and showed us what college life could be.
Now Lucy is missing, and a boy from the house next door is dead.
The police are asking questions, but we won’t break.
We’ll keep her secrets.
And ours.
*An Amazon's Best Mystery and Thriller pick for January 2024*
From the New York Times bestselling author of A Flicker in the Dark comes an utterly gripping thriller about female friendships and deadly secrets.
Praise for ONLY IF YOU'RE LUCKY
'Utterly hypnotic … Reader beware—this will keep you breathless to the very end.' Lisa Gardner
'Dark, intense, and completely addictive.’ Laurie Elizabeth Flynn
‘A wonderfully disturbing read – I raced through it’ Sabine Durrant
'Willingham gets better with each book, and this is my favorite yet' Marie Claire
'A delicious thriller about envy and friendship' Woman's Own
Reviews
'This book has it all: a college campus rocked by a sudden tragedy; female friendship tested to the brink; and twists you won't see coming. Willingham gets better with each book, and this is my favorite yet' Marie Claire
'A delicious thriller about envy and friendship' Woman's Own
“Utterly hypnotic. Only If You’re Lucky seduces the reader into a spiderweb of beguiling friendships, sinister secrets, and the quicksilver danger lurking behind even the tightest of bonds. Reader beware—this will keep you breathless to the very end.” Lisa Gardner
‘A twisty mystery that carefully unspools itself with each chapter, Only If You’re Lucky is the kind of book that will grip a reader and refuse to let go. With intricate plotting and ratcheting tension, this story masterfully examines the intoxicating nature of friendship between teenage girls and young women, and the tight orbits they create – and destroy. At its core are secrets that corrode even the strongest bond, and the lengths a person will take to spin lies into truth. Dark, intense, and completely addictive.’
Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, author of The Girls Are All So Nice Here
'What a book! A pitch dark, pitch perfect novel, so immersive and atmospheric. I was lost in the world of this South Carolina college but desperate to keep turning pages to find out what was going on. Beautifully written, a stunning thriller. There aren’t enough superlatives.'
Andrea Mara, Author of No One Saw a Thing
‘A wonderfully disturbing read. I loved the setting and the set-up, all so febrile and the cloying obsessiveness of the narrator – I raced through it’
Sabine Durrant, Sunday Times Bestselling Author of Lie With Me
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The latest from Willingham (All the Dangerous Things) is a cunning if somewhat implausible campus thriller. As Margot nears the end of her achingly lonely freshman year—a far cry from the adventurous one she'd imagined with her bestie, Eliza, who had died under suspicious circumstances weeks after their high school graduation—at South Carolina's Rutledge College, she can't fathom why Lucy Sharpe, one of the school's most popular coeds, would invite her to room with her and her wingwomen in the historic off-campus house they're renting for the summer. Still, Margot leaps at the offer, plunging into what turns out to be a maelstrom of secrets, mind games, and possibly murder. Despite her natural reserve, Margot clicks with the uninhibited Lucy, sliding into a sidekick role similar to the one she played with Eliza. However, as the summer's booze-soaked partying with the neighboring fraternity winds on, Lucy's darker side emerges, especially after the arrival of prospective frat pledge Levi Butler—Eliza's old boyfriend, who was reportedly the last person to see her alive. Flash forward several months: Levi's dead, Lucy has disappeared, and Margot's narration has become increasingly unreliable. Though the twisty narrative grows far-fetched as it nears the climax, Willingham's prose remains evocative, and her deep dive into the thorny nature of female friendship rings true. Though this doesn't rank among the author's best work, it's still a gripping ride.
