We'll Never Tell
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"Those who love One of Us Is Lying, will devour this page-turner." (Buzzfeed) Delve into a murderous, twisty whodunit doused in juicy Hollywood lore.
No one at Hollywood High knows who’s behind We'll Never Tell—a viral YouTube channel where the anonymous creators trespass behind the scenes of LA's most intriguing locales. The team includes CASEY, quiet researcher and trivia champ; JACOB, voice narrator and video editor, who is secretly dating EDDIE, aspiring filmmaker; and ZOE, coder and breaking-and-entering extraordinaire.
Now senior year is winding down and with their lives heading in different directions, the YouTubers vow to go out with a bang. Their last episode will be filmed at the infamous Valentini “murder house,” which has been left abandoned, bloodstained, and untouched since a shocking murder/suicide in 1972. When the teens break in, they capture epic footage. But someone trips an alarm, and it’s a mad dash to get out before the police arrive—at which point they realize only three of them escaped instead of four. Jacob is still inside, slain and bleeding out. Is his attack connected to the historic murder, or is one of their crew responsible? A week of suspicions and cover-ups unfolds as Casey and her remaining friends try to stay alive long enough to solve murder mysteries past and present. If they do, their friendship may not survive. If they don't, the house will claim more victims.
We'll Never Tell is perfect for fans of:
Riverdale Do Revenge They Wish They Were Us and One of Us Is Lying Murder mystery books for teens Teen thrillers Young adult suspense A Bank Street College Best Book of the Year
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Recent high school graduates Casey, Jacob, Eddie, and Zoe are preparing to shoot the final video of their viral YouTube series We'll Never Tell, which chronicles infamous California break-ins, in this hair-raising thriller by Heard (Dead End Girls), inspired by the Los Feliz Murder Mansion. The finale will showcase the Valentini Murder House, which is famed for the 1972 murder-suicide of actor Rosalind Valentini and her studio-executive husband—and is believed to be haunted by the couple's ghosts. As the teens explore the house, a tripped alarm prompts them to beat a hasty retreat, but only three of them make it out. When they discover that Jacob is bleeding out within the residence after a stabbing, the group scrambles to cover their tracks. Casey is unsure whom to trust: Did Jacob fall victim to the house? Or was it one of the crew? Teaming up with a Valentini relative, Casey strives to uncover what happened to Jacob as the police close in. Letters by Rosalind Valentini and fictional 1970s newspaper reports pepper Casey and Jacob's rapidly paced alternating narratives. While the overarching mystery offers few surprises, Heard deftly crafts dynamic interactions between the intersectionally diverse cast to deliver a multilayered read. Ages 14–up.
