Isabella's Reading Corner: You'll Be the Death of Me

 

You'll Be the Death of Me

Author: Karen M. McManus

Publication Date: November 30, 2021

Publisher: Delacorte Press

A day off turns deadly for three old friends, in the exciting new thriller by One of Us is Lying author Karen M. McManus! 

Told from the multiple viewpoints of the three leads, the story is fast-paced and exciting. The suspense of what was going to happen next kept me glued to my chair! I loved the interaction between the main characters and how it contributed toward their development. I’ve immensely enjoyed all of Karen’s books and You'll Be the Death of Me is a solid YA mystery that does not disappoint. 

Thank you to Penguin Random House Canada and Penguin Teen Canada for the advanced copy provided for review.

From the publisher:

From the author of One of Us Is Lying comes a brand-new pulse-pounding thriller. It's Ferris Bueller's Day Off with murder when three old friends relive an epic ditch day, and it goes horribly—and fatally—wrong. 

Ivy, Mateo, and Cal used to be close. Now all they have in common is Carlton High and the beginning of a very bad day. Type A Ivy lost a student council election to the class clown, and now she has to face the school, humiliated. Heartthrob Mateo is burned out from working two jobs since his family’s business failed. And outsider Cal just got stood up . . . again.  
  
So when the three unexpectedly run into each other, they decide to avoid their problems by ditching. Just the three of them, like old times. Except they’ve barely left the parking lot before they run out of things to say. . .  
  
. . . until they spot another Carlton High student skipping school—and follow him to the scene of his own murder. In one chance move, their day turns from dull to deadly. And it’s about to get worse. It turns out Ivy, Mateo, and Cal still have some things in common...like a connection to the dead kid. And they’re all hiding something.  
  
Could it be that their chance reconnection wasn’t by chance after all?  

You can read my original Isabella's Reading Corner post on You'll Be the Death of Me here.