{"product_id":"one-of-us-is-next-isbn-9780525707998","title":"One of Us Is Next","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER • There's a new mystery to solve at Bayview High, and there's a whole new set of rules. \u003cb\u003eThe highly anticipated sequel to \u003ci\u003eOne of Us Is Lying\u003c\/i\u003e!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCome on, Bayview, you know you've missed this.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA ton of copycat gossip apps have popped up since Simon died, but in the year since the Bayview four were cleared of his shocking death, no one's been able to fill the gossip void quite like he could. The problem is no one has the facts. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUntil now. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis time it's not an app, though—it's a game. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTruth or Dare.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhoebe\u003c\/b\u003e's the first target. If you choose not to play, it's a truth. And hers is dark. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen comes \u003cb\u003eMaeve\u003c\/b\u003e and she should know better—always choose the dare. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut by the time \u003cb\u003eKnox\u003c\/b\u003e is about to be tagged, things have gotten dangerous. The dares have become deadly, and if Maeve learned anything from Bronwyn last year, it's that they can't count on the police for help. Or protection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSimon's gone, but someone's determined to keep his legacy at Bayview High alive. And the rules have changed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFans of the hit thriller that started it all can watch the secrets of the Bayview Four be revealed in the \u003ci\u003eOne of Us is Lying \u003c\/i\u003eTV series now streaming on NBC's Peacock!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003e \u003ci\u003eOne of Us Is Next:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e★\"Full of exciting and unexpected twists and racing toward a shocking conclusion, McManus’s tale will not disappoint fans, and those unfamiliar with her previous work will inhale this complicated story of friendship and revenge.\" —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred Review \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A thrilling read...[that] has all the twists and turns that readers love.\" —\u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eOne of Us Is Lying:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn EW Best YA Book of the Year Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Buzzfeed Best YA Book of the Year Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA New York Public Library's Best Book for Teens Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Popcrush Best Young Adult Book of the Year Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA CBC Teen Choice Book Award Nominee\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Bustle Best Young Adult Book of May 2017\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Goodreads Best Young Adult Book of the Year Nominee\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction Book Nominee\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e “\u003ci\u003ePretty Little Liars \u003c\/i\u003emeets\u003ci\u003e The Breakfast Club\u003c\/i\u003e....\u003c\/b\u003eso make room for \u003ci\u003eOne of Us Is Lying\u003c\/i\u003e in your bags, because this is one carry-on you won’t want to put down.\" —\u003ci\u003eEW\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “You’ll tear through this \u003cb\u003ejuicy, super-fun\u003c\/b\u003e (if murder can ever be fun?) thriller.\" —\u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003cb\u003eA whodunit with a \u003ci\u003eBreakfast Club\u003c\/i\u003e twist\u003c\/b\u003e...following four unique voices \u003cb\u003eon a chase to find the killer, this one will keep you guessing\u003c\/b\u003e until the very, very end.\" —Popcrush\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Twisty plotting, breakneck pacing and intriguing characterisation add up to \u003cb\u003ean exciting, single-sitting thrillerish treat.\u003c\/b\u003e\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"This is \u003cb\u003eno ordinary whodunit\u003c\/b\u003e…surprising and relevant.\" —\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\"Readers will have a hard time putting this \u003cb\u003eclever page-turner\u003c\/b\u003e down.\" —BookPage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “\u003cb\u003eAn addictive, devour-in-one-sitting thriller\u003c\/b\u003e with so many twists and turns you'll be wondering until the very end: \u003ci\u003eWho really killed Simon\u003c\/i\u003e?” —Kara Thomas, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Darkest Corners\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Little Monsters\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e★\u003c\/b\u003e\"[As] McManus's intense mystery unfolds...\u003cb\u003eeach character becomes more complex and nuanced, adding richness and depth to the suspense.\u003c\/b\u003e\" —\u003ci\u003eVOYA\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"This \u003cb\u003efast-paced blend of \u003ci\u003eGossip Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePretty Little Liars\u003c\/i\u003e, and classic John Hughes\u003c\/b\u003e will leave readers racing to the finish as the try to unravel the mystery on their own.\" —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"One of Us Is Lying \u003c\/i\u003eis \u003cb\u003eflat-out addictive\u003c\/b\u003e...[McManus] weaves an authentic, suspenseful mystery that readers can imagine taking place at their very own high school.\u003ci\u003e” —RT Book Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\"A\u003cb\u003e smart, twisted, and unpredictable \u003c\/b\u003eYA mystery that will have readers guessing until the very end.\" —\u003ci\u003eSLJ\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eAn engaging, enticing look at the pressures of high school\u003c\/b\u003e and the things that cause a person to lose control.\"—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003eKaren M. McManus earned her BA in English from the College of the Holy Cross and her MA in journalism from Northeastern University. She is the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eOne of Us Is Lying\u003c\/i\u003e, its sequel \u003ci\u003eOne of Us Is Next\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTwo  Can Keep a Secret\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has been  published in more than 40 languages. To learn more about Karen and her books, visit karenmcmanus.com, or follow @writerkmc on Twitter and Instagram.“I have to go to the football field real quick,” I say, hiking my backpack over my shoulder and resting my hand on the car door.\u003cbr\u003e “What for? You don’t want to be late again,” Emma says, narrowing her light brown eyes at me. They’re exactly like Dad’s, and—along with the reddish hair—the only trait she and I share. Emma is tall and thin, I’m short and curvy. Her hair is stick-straight and doesn’t quite reach her shoulders, mine is long and curly. She freckles in the sun, and I tan. We’re both February-pale now, though, and I can feel my cheeks redden as I look down at the ground.\u003cbr\u003e “It’s, um, for homework,” I mumble.\u003cbr\u003e Jules grins as she climbs out of the car. “Is that what we’re calling it now?”\u003cbr\u003e I turn on my heel and beat a hasty retreat, but I can still feel the weight of Emma’s disapproval settling over my shoulders like a cloak. Emma has always been the serious one, but when we were younger it didn’t matter. We were so close that we used to have entire conversations without talking. Mom would joke that we must be telepaths, but it wasn’t that. We just knew one another so well that we could read every expression as clearly as a word.\u003cbr\u003e We were close with Owen too, despite the age difference. Dad used to call us the Three Amigos, and every childhood photo shows us posed exactly the same way: Emma and me on either side of Owen, our arms around one another, grinning widely. We look inseparable, and I thought we were. It never occurred to me that Dad was the glue keeping us together.\u003cbr\u003e The pulling apart was so subtle that I didn’t notice it right away. Emma withdrew first, burying herself in schoolwork. “It’s her way of grieving,” Mom said, so I let her be, even though \u003ci\u003emy \u003c\/i\u003eway of grieving would have been to do it together. I compensated by throwing myself into every social activity I could find—especially once boys started getting interested in me—while Owen retreated into the comforting fantasy world of video games. Before I’d realized it, those had become our lanes, and we stayed in them. Our card last Christmas featured the three of us standing beside the tree, arranged by height, hands clasped in front of us with stiff smiles. Dad would’ve been so disappointed by that picture.\u003cbr\u003e And by me shortly after we took it, for what happened at Jules’s Christmas party. It’s one thing to treat your older sister like a polite stranger, and quite another thing to . . . do what I did. I used to feel a wistful kind of loneliness when I thought about Emma, but now I just feel guilt. And relief that she can’t read my feelings on my face anymore.\u003cbr\u003e “Hey!” I’m so caught up in my thoughts that I would’ve walked right into a pole under the bleachers if a hand hadn’t reached out and stopped me. Then it pulls me forward so quickly that my phone slides out of my pocket and makes a faint bouncing noise on the grass.\u003cbr\u003e “Shit,” I say, but Brandon Weber’s lips are pressed against mine before I can get anything else out. I shimmy my shoulders until my backpack joins my phone on the ground. Brandon tugs at the hem of my shirt, and since this is one hundred percent what I came for, I help him along by untucking it.\u003cbr\u003e Brandon’s hands move up and across my bare skin, pushing aside the lace of my bra, and he groans against my mouth. “God, you’re so sexy.”\u003cbr\u003e He is, too. Brandon quarterbacks the football team, and the \u003ci\u003eBayview Blade \u003c\/i\u003elikes to call him “the next Cooper Clay” because he’s good enough that colleges are already starting to scout him. I don’t think that’s an accurate comparison, though. For one thing, Cooper has next-level talent, and for another, he’s a sweetheart. Brandon, on the other hand, is basically an asshole.\u003cbr\u003e The boy can kiss, though. All the tension flows out of me as he pushes me against the pole behind us, replaced with a heady spark of anticipation. I wrap one arm around his neck, trying to pull him down to my height, while my other hand teases at the waistband of his jeans. Then my foot sends something skidding across the ground, and the sound of my text tone distracts me.\u003cbr\u003e “My phone,” I say, pulling away. “We’re going to smash it if I don’t pick it up.”\u003cbr\u003e “I’ll buy you a new one,” Brandon says, his tongue in my ear. Which I don’t like—\u003ci\u003ewhy \u003c\/i\u003edo guys think that’s hot?—so I shove at him until he lets go. His front pocket dings loudly, and I smirk at the bulge there as I retrieve my phone.\u003cbr\u003e “Is that a text, or are you just happy to see me?” I say, brushing off my screen. Then I glance down and catch my breath. “Ugh, are you kidding me? This again?”\u003cbr\u003e “What?” Brandon asks, pulling out his own phone. “Unknown number, and guess what it says?” I put on an\u003cbr\u003e affected voice. “\u003ci\u003eStill missing About That? I know I am. Let’s play a new game. \u003c\/i\u003eI can’t believe somebody would pull this crap after Principal Gupta’s warning.”\u003cbr\u003e Brandon’s eyes flick over his screen. “I got the same thing. You see the link?”\u003cbr\u003e “Yeah. Don’t click it! It’s probably a virus or—”\u003cbr\u003e “Too late,” Brandon laughs. He squints at his phone while I take him in: over six feet tall with dirty-blond hair, blue-green eyes, and the kind of full lips a girl would kill for. He’s so pretty, he looks like he could fly off with a harp any second. And nobody knows it more than he does. “Jesus, this is a freaking book,” he complains.\u003cbr\u003e “Let me see.” I grab his phone, because no way am I following that link with mine. I angle the screen away from the sun until I can see it clearly. I’m looking at a website with a bad replica of the About That logo, and a big block of text beneath it. \u003ci\u003e“Pay attention, Bayview High. I’m only going to explain the rules once,” \u003c\/i\u003eI read. \u003ci\u003e“Here’s how we play Truth or Dare. I’ll send a prompt to one person only—and you can’t tell ANYONE if it’s you. Don’t spoil the element of surprise. It makes me cranky, and I’m not nearly as nice when I’m cranky. You get 24 hours to text your choice back. Pick Truth, and I’ll reveal one of your secrets. Pick Dare, and I’ll give you a challenge. Either way, we’ll have a little fun and relieve the monotony of our tedious existence.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Brandon runs a hand through his thick, tawny hair. “Speak for yourself, loser.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e“Come on, Bayview, you know you’ve missed this.” \u003c\/i\u003eI scowl when I finish. “Do you think this went to everyone at school? People better not say anything if they want to keep their phones.” Last fall, after Principal Gupta shut down the latest Simon copycat, she told us she was instituting a zero-tolerance policy: if she saw even a hint of another About That, she’d ban phones at school permanently. And expel anyone caught trying to bring one in.\u003cbr\u003e We’ve all been model citizens since then, at least when it comes to online gossip. Nobody can imagine getting through a school day—never mind \u003ci\u003eyears\u003c\/i\u003e—without their phones.\u003cbr\u003e “No one cares. It’s old news,” Brandon says dismissively.\u003cbr\u003e He pockets his phone and wraps an arm around my waist, pulling me close. “So where were we?”\u003cbr\u003e I’m still holding my own phone, pressed against his chest now, and it chimes in my hand before I can answer. When I pull my head back to look at the screen, there’s another message from an unknown contact. 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