Even secondary characters are well-rounded, with their own histories and motivations. Autumn’s coming-of-age is sensitively chronicled, with a wide range of experiences and events shaping her character. But on August 8, everything changes, and Autumn has to rely on all her strength to move on. In the summer after graduation, Autumn and Finny reconnect and are finally ready to be more than friends. Growing up, Autumn and Finny were like peas in a pod despite their differences: Autumn is “quirky and odd,” while Finny is “sweet and shy and everyone like him.” But in eighth grade, Autumn and Finny stop being friends due to an unexpected kiss. They drift apart and find new friends, but their friendship keeps asserting itself at parties, shared holiday gatherings and random encounters. The finely drawn characters capture readers’ attention in this debut.Īutumn and Phineas, nicknamed Finny, were born a week apart their mothers are still best friends. Most characters are White.Īn edge-of-your-seat page-turner the strongest yet from a master of the genre.

Perspective shifts between Brynn and Tripp (with a couple of flashback breaks) tell a character-driven story with family drama, plenty of buried secrets, and lovely romantic vibes. This thrilling novel hits all the right spots, with red herrings and twists galore. As secrets unravel in Brynn’s pursuit of the truth, Tripp and Brynn reconcile and become closer. Larkin’s body, and the lies he told the police haunt him to this day. He also happens to be one of the kids who found Mr. Tripp Talbot was Brynn’s best friend in middle school, but they became estranged after Tripp humiliated her in front of their classmates. Brynn is a promising investigative journalist, and after she nabs an internship with a true-crime podcast, she decides to look into finally solving the murder of her favorite teacher-even if it means deceiving her peers. Soon after, Brynn Gallagher’s family moved to Chicago, but her father has been transferred back to their hometown, and now she’s going to finish up her senior year at Saint Ambrose.

The culprit was never caught, and the case remained unsolved. Larkin, a beloved new English teacher, in the woods behind the prep school’s campus. A budding reporter returns to her old school and reopens a cold case murder.įour years ago in Sturgis, Massachusetts, three Saint Ambrose eighth grade students found the murdered body of Mr.

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