The One That Got Away with Murder

By Trish Lundy

Book Overview

"A sharp thriller to devour in a single sitting." --Jessie Weaver, author of Live Your Best Lie

Be careful who you fall for...

Robbie and Trevor Cresmont have a body count--the killer kind. Handsome and privileged, the Crestmont brothers have enough wealth to ensure they'll never be found guilty of any wrongdoing, even if all of Happy Valley believes they're behind the deaths of their ex-girlfriends. First there was soccer star Victoria Moreno, Robbie's ex, who mysteriously drowned at the family lake house. Then, a year later, Trevor's girlfriend died of a suspicious overdose.

But the Crestmonts aren't the only ones with secrets. Lauren O'Brian might be the new girl at school, but she's never been a good girl. With a dark past of her own, she's desperate for a fresh start. Except when she starts a no-strings-attached relationship with Robbie, her chance is put in jeopardy. During what's meant to be their last weekend together, Lauren stumbles across shocking evidence that just might implicate Robbie.

With danger closing in, Lauren doesn't know who to trust. And after a third death rocks the town, she must decide whether to end things with Robbie or risk becoming another cautionary tale.

This is an edge-of-your-seat debut YA thriller about a teen who is forced to confront her past in order to catch a murderer before she ends up the next victim. Perfect for fans of Karen McManus and Holly Jackson.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250292166
• ISBN13: 9781250292162
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.1" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12

Customer Reviews

Thrilling except for the end

The cover of this book hooked me right away with the moon necklace dipped in blood and used to create the With Murder part of the title. Very intriguing. It had a good strong start with how Lauren was secretly hooking up with Robbie and then the disastrous stay with him at his house on Lake Monarch and finding the bloody top that had belonged to his dead girlfriend. It also nicely teased that Lauren had some dark secrets herself. That kept me reading the book as it continued with Lauren's investigation, her being shunned by the soccer team, and then another dead teen to muddy the waters. It had me guessing a lot of who the killer was cause there were a lot of suspects and that person seemed on top of things with threats, stolen evidence and misleading confessions. So that made it all good and tense to see how many others would wind up dead before the killer was caught. I liked it all up till the end when the supposedly cany killer makes a stupid mistake in not covering their tracks and then the reason why they killed those girls in the first place was odd and didn't really fit with the rest of the story. So, one star off for that.