Bad Things Happen Here

by Rebecca Barrow

Book Overview

I Killed Zoe Spanos meets The Cheerleaders in this "atmospheric and multi-layered mystery" (Kara Thomas, author of The Cheerleaders) about an island town with a history of unsolved deaths--and a girl desperate to uncover the mystery behind it all.

Luca Laine Thomas lives on a cursed island. To the outside world, Parris is an exclusive, idyllic escape accessible only to the one percent. There's nothing idyllic about...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1534497439
• ISBN13: 9781534497436
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.8" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12

Customer Reviews

YA thriller mystery

“You can’t outrun it, can’t outsmart it, it takes what it requires,desires.” I received an advanced copy from Simon & Schuster of a richly constructed YA mystery thriller. I love that the protagonist is not your average cool kid detective, but a complete opposite of that stereotype. It made her so human and relatable. The themes of fitting in and not fitting alluded to as a curse is pure genius. This book keeps a reader engaged to the very last “almost”.