Karen M. McManus

Eine Bilderbuchstadt. Eine Mordserie. Und der Killer ist zurück. Ellery kennt die dunkle Vergangenheit der Kleinstadt Echo Ridge nur allzu gut. Erst verschwand dort ihre Tante spurlos, dann wurde vor fünf Jahren die Homecoming Queen der Highschool ermordet. Der »Murderland-Killer« machte landesweit Schlagzeilen. Ausgerechnet dorthin zieht Ellery nun mit ihrem Zwillingsbruder. Zu einer Großmutter, die fast eine Fremde für sie ist. Als aus dem Nichts Morddrohungen gegen die zukünftige Homecoming Queen zirkulieren, ermittelt Ellery auf eigene Faust. Dabei lernt sie Malcolm kennen, den jüngeren Bruder des Hauptverdächtigen. Dann verschwindet wieder ein Mädchen und plötzlich steht jeder unter Verdacht ... Atemlos und raffiniert sind die Thriller von Karen M. McManus, die weltweit die Fans begeistern. Mit meisterhaft geplotteten Wendungen und einnehmenden, komplexen Figuren garantieren ihre Bücher eine Suchtgefahr, der man sich nicht entziehen kann. Karen M. McManus bei cbj & cbt: 1. One Of Us Is Lying 2. Two Can Keep A Secret 3. One Of Us Is Next 4. The Cousins Alle Bücher können unabhängig voneinander gelesen werden.

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Ellie 

“As Julia twirls again, a bolt of hot, white anger pulesthrag. me. It's not a normal reaction to such an innocent moment but the common thread running through this store isit nomad either. Weve all lost our version of a princess, and none of know why. I’m sick of being tangled up in Echo Ridges seams and of the questions that never end. I want answers.”

"It's just- I grew up never knowing what happened to my aunt. Nobody would tell me anything, so I'd read terrible crime stories to try to understand. But all that did was make me more confused and paranoid. Now I'm at the point where I feel like I can't trust anybody who's not my literal twin."

"I don't know how to relate to people. Like, I pretty much only ever had one friend before I moved here."

honestly, that's all i do all day everyday 

Franzi

I've been walking around the neighborhood. It's pretty. Very leafy. I posted a couple of Instagram stories. And made a playlist. 

I could kill Katrin. Not literally. I feel like I have to add that disclaimer even in my own thoughts, given our family history. 

If it doesn't show up soon, I'm going to have to start school in the clothes my grandmother bought at Echo Ridge's one and only clothing store. It's called Dalton's Emporium and also sells kitchen goods and hardware, which should tell you everything you need to know about it's fashion cred. 

People think I had something to do with that? What's next? Am I responsible for global warming now, too?

It's like Children of the Corn around here.

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