Lies Between Us
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The New York Times bestselling author of The Counselors delivers a razor-sharp murder-mystery set during the summer when a local teen's suspicious death exposes the devastating secrets three sisters keep.
"A gripping, unputdownable read." —Veronica Bane, USA Today Bestselling Author of Difficult Girls
Do you ever really know the people you love?
For the Gold sisters and Silver brothers, life has been idyllic, growing up in side-by-side waterfront mansions in a town where doors are never locked and the police do little more than issue speeding tickets. The Golds and Silvers have known each other their entire lives, as neighbors, as friends, as family.
But one carefree summer takes a dark turn when a beach party ends in tragedy and their perfect world cracks wide open. Suddenly, the bonds that tie these families together are strained by suspicion and fear. Painful secrets surface, revealing the fragile truths they've all been hiding.
Lucy, the oldest Gold girl, harbors a crushing secret from her boyfriend, one of the Silver boys. Millie, the middle sister, quietly yearns for the one person she can't have. And the youngest, Frankie, uncovers something that could blow their island apart.
From New York Times bestselling author Jessica Goodman comes a gripping novel about the lies friends tell, the façade siblings build, and how one summer tests—and breaks—the bonds of family.
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"Nothing bad ever happens" on the Long Island Sound's exclusive Pelican Island—until tragedy strikes in this knotty seaside mystery by Goodman (The Meadowbrook Murders). Neighboring families the Golds and the Silvers share many things, including beach days, bonfires, a reputation for being wealthy and well-connected, and secrets. Eighteen-year-old Lucy Gold and her sisters, intense 17-year-old Millie and watchful 15-year-old Frankie, have grown up alongside Lucy's boyfriend Ethan Silver and his brothers, amiable middle child Trevor and youngest child Alex, who is gay and closest to Frankie. Orbiting them are Lucy's ex-girlfriend Olivia Godwin and Olivia's widely disliked cousin Billy. After a raucous party, Billy is found dead in the surf, and the tight-knit circle begins to fray. As romantic histories, jealousies, and long-buried resentments surface, it seems that nearly everyone has a motive. When local police prove incompetent, Frankie launches her own investigation. Via the sisters' rapidly alternating perspectives, the author showcases her thriller savvy, playing fair with genre conventions and planting evidence in plain sight while preserving a final surprising turn. The result is a polished slow burn that peels back the layers of the white-cued protagonists' coastal affluence to expose the sinister secrets beneath. Ages 14–up.
