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Girls Who Burn

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Author

MK Pagano

Genre

YA – Contemporary, YA – Thriller

Release Date

July 16, 2024

Publisher

Nancy Paulsen Books, PRH

Categories , , Tag Product ID: 20014

Description

Jessica Goodman meets Jesse Q. Sutanto in this twisty enemies- to-lovers thriller, full of secrets, privilege, and murder.

The summer before her senior year, Addie hurled the worst words she could think of at her sister—and hours later, Fiona was found dead at the bottom of a ravine. The police ruled her death an accident, but Addie disagrees. Her ballet-prodigy sister didn’t slip and fall; she was pushed. And her number one suspect: Thatcher Montgomery, the rich boy down the street who always had a thing for Fiona. No one believes Addie—least of all Thatcher’s cousin, Seth, Addie’s childhood rival and the boy she’s always loved to hate. Arguing with Seth is easy; living with her own questionable choices involving Seth the night Fiona died . . . much harder.

Then, one year later, Thatcher is found dead at the bottom of the same ravine and Addie is forced to admit she was wrong. To catch the real killer, she’ll have to seek help from Seth—the only one she knows is innocent. As they dodge corrupt police and his even more corrupt family, Addie will have to decide if her growing bond with Seth is stronger than familial ties, and if their link will keep her safe—or turn her into the next victim.

About the Author

Photograph of author MK Pagano

MK

Pagano writes stories about messy girls, mayhem, and murder.

Her debut novel, GIRLS WHO BURN, comes out August 6, 2024 from Penguin Teen.

She is represented by Barbara Poelle and Sydnie Thornton of Word One Literary.

When she’s not busy pondering the angst of fictional people, she can be found reading (from her own TBR and that of her children’s), dreaming of restoring an old French chateau, and wandering the weirder parts of New Jersey, where she currently resides with her family.

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