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Liar's beach / Katie Cotugno.

Cotugno, Katie, (author.).

Summary:

"Michael Linden--or just Linden to his preppy boarding school pals--doesn't belong in wealthy, storied Martha's Vineyard. But when his roommate Jasper invites him to spend the end of summer at his massive beachfront home, August House, Linden tries his best to fit in. Linden wouldn't call it lying, exactly. Though it turns out August House is full of liars. Then someone is found unconscious in Jasper's pool, and everyone has something to hide--Jasper, his beautiful sister Eliza, their older brother Wells,and their friends. The accident is written off as just that--an accident--but Linden begins to wonder ... Enter: Holiday Proctor. Linden's childhood friend, and the one person on the island who knows the truth about Linden. There's nothing Holiday loves more than a good old-fashioned mystery and she's convinced there's a potential killer on the Vineyard"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593433287 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 277 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Delacorte Press, [2023]
Subject: Boarding school students > Juvenile fiction.
Murder > Juvenile fiction.
Secrecy > Juvenile fiction.
Truthfulness and falsehood > Juvenile fiction.
Boarding school students > Fiction.
Honesty > Fiction.
Murder > Fiction.
Secrets > Fiction.
Martha's Vineyard (Mass.) > Juvenile fiction.
Martha's Vineyard (Mass.) > Fiction.
Genre: Detective and mystery fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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  • Baker & Taylor
    "Michael Linden--or just Linden to his preppy boarding school pals--doesn't belong in wealthy, storied Martha's Vineyard. But when his roommate Jasper invites him to spend the end of summer at his massive beachfront home, August House, Linden tries his best to fit in. Linden wouldn't call it lying, exactly. Though it turns out August House is full of liars. Then someone is found unconscious in Jasper's pool, and everyone has something to hide--Jasper, his beautiful sister Eliza, their older brother Wells, and their friends. The accident is written off as just that--an accident--but Linden begins to wonder... Enter: Holiday Proctor. Linden's childhood friend, and the one person on the island who knows the truth about Linden. There's nothing Holiday loves more than a good old-fashioned mystery and she's convinced there's a potential killer on the Vineyard"--
  • Baker & Taylor
    When a suspicious accident occurs while staying at his roommate’s massive beachfront home at the end of the summer, Linden teams up with his childhood friend, Holiday Proctor, who is convinced there’s a potential killer on Martha’s Vineyard, to find the truth. Simultaneous eBook.
  • Random House, Inc.
    The New York Times bestseller!

    A new take on Agatha Christie’s classic murder mystery The Mysterious Affair at Styles, with iconic detective Hercule Poirot recast as a brilliant, brash teen girl named Holiday, and narrated by her childhood friend Linden, an athlete-scholar who fits right in at his elite prep school—all the while hiding some secrets of his own.


    Linden knows he doesn’t belong in elite Martha’s Vineyard. But when his prep school roommate, Jasper, invites him to spend the end of the summer at August House, his family’s massive beachfront estate, Linden tries to fit in. It’s not hard--after all, he’s been lying for years. And he’s not the only one….

    Everyone at August House is ready for a wicked good time So when someone is found unconscious in the pool after a night of partying, it’s quickly labeled an accident. But Linden begins to wonder. . .

    As does Holiday, Linden’s childhood friend and the only person on the island who knows the truth about his humble background. There’s nothing Holiday loves more than a mystery, and she’s convinced there’s a killer on the Vineyard. And now it’s up to them to figure out who.

    "Pulse-pounding."—PW

    "Scorching."—Kirkus Reviews

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