Thank you so much to Karen McManus, NetGalley & Random House for an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion. 

This will be published on August 30th. 

I have been meaning to read Karen McManus prior works but as any book lover will tell you, there's just not enough time in the day. BUT after reading this (my first one of hers) I need to start reading the copies of the ones I do own of hers. I absolutely ate this up.  

After being away for 4 years, Brynn and her family are moving back to Massachusetts and she is going back for senior year to her old high school - Saint Ambrose. When she was there last, she was in 8th grade and one of her favorite teachers was mysteriously killed. After having an opportunity to intern with a crime podcast, she thought having the backing of the podcast would help look into the murder. 

"That's the thing nobody ever tells you about being involved in a murder; tends to keep you up at night." 

I was hooked on this book from the very beginning. I love the fact that we got the two point of views, Brynn & Tripp, but also two different timelines - present day & 4 years ago.  

I thought the pacing of this book moved quickly. I had no clue what was going to happen and even though the twists weren't gasp worthy, they were enough to make me go "oh my."  One thing that did make me happy, as primarily a romance reader, I liked that there was a touch of that thrown in. And I would've been so upset if Tripp ended up not being as genuine as he was coming across. 

As far as YA thriller goes, this has been my favorite and will now compare all the others that.I read to this.