Jessica Goodman

"The perfect dark academia read, filled with murder, twists, a jaw-dropping mystery and very privileged people doing deliciously bad things.? ? Danielle Valentine, New York Times Bestselling author of Two Sides to Every MurderFrom New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of They Wish They Were Us and The Counselors, comes a page-turning murder mystery set at a prestigious New England boarding school about the importance--and price--of telling the truth.Secrets don''t die.It?s the first week of senior year at Meadowbrook Academy. For Amy and her best friend Sarah, that means late-night parties at the boathouse, bike rides through their sleepy Connecticut town, and the crisp beginning of a New England fall.Then tragedy strikes: Sarah and her boyfriend are brutally murdered in their dorm room. Now the week Amy has been dreaming about for years has turned into a nightmare, especially when all eyes turn to her as the culprit. She was Sarah?s only roommate, the only other person there when she died?or so she told the police to cover for her own boyfriend?s suspicious whereabouts. And even though they were best friends, with every passing day, Amy begins to learn that Sarah lied about a lot of things.Liz, editor of the school newspaper and social outcast, is determined to uncover the truth about what happened on campus, in hopes her reporting will land a prestigious scholarship to college. As Liz dives deeper into her investigation, the secrets these murdered seniors never wanted out come to light. The deeper Liz digs, the messier the truth becomes ? and with a killer still on campus, she can?t afford to make any mistakes. The Meadowbrook Murders is a gripping mystery about the inextricable way power, privilege, and secrets are linked, and how telling the truth can come at a deadly price.

Jill Newmanová navštěvuje prestižní soukromou školu a žije zdánlivě dokonalý život. Jenže pak je její nejlepší kamarádka Shaila zavražděna. K činu se přizná Shailin přítel Graham, případ je policií uzavřen a Jill se pokusí na všechno zapomenout. O tři roky později je Jill v maturitním ročníku, rozhodnutá si jej se vším všudy užít. Když jí však začnou chodit zprávy, které tvrdí, že je Graham nevinný, její sen o perfektním školním roce se začne rozplývat. Kdo je skutečným vrahem? A jaká tajemství vždy oslnivá Shaila skrývala? Jill chce přijít celé záhadě na kloub, ale pravda by ji mohla přijít draho. Je připravená riskovat svou dokonalou budoucnost?