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by Kara Thomas
For fans of Gillian Flynn's Dark Places and Sara Shepard's Pretty Little Liars, The Darkest Corners is a psychological thriller about the lies little girls tell, and the deadly truths those lies become.
There are ghosts around every corner in Fayette, Pennsylvania. Tessa left when she was nine and has been trying ever since not to think about it after what happened there that last summer. Memories of things so dark will burn themselves into your mind if you let them.
Callie never left. She moved to another house, so she doesn't have to walk those same halls, but then Callie always was the stronger one. She can handle staring into the faces of her demons - and if she parties hard enough, maybe one day they'll disappear for good.
Tessa and Callie have never talked about what they saw that night. After the trial, Callie drifted and Tessa moved, and childhood friends just have a way of losing touch.
But ever since she left, Tessa has had questions. Things have never quite added up. And now she has to go back to Fayette - to Wyatt Stokes, sitting on death row; to Lori Cawley, Callie's dead cousin; and to the one other person who may be hiding the truth.
Only the closer Tessa gets to the truth, the closer she gets to a killer - and this time, it won't be so easy to run away.
"Starred Review. An unsettling story of loss, lies, and violence lurking in the shadows of a small town." - Kirkus
"As a dark psychological thriller with a compelling story and an unexpected but satisfying ending, this novel is a sure bet. Grade 9 and up." - School Library Journal
"Gripping from start to finish, The Darkest Corners took me into an underbelly I didn't know existed, with twists that left me shocked and racing forward to get to the end." - Victoria Aveyard, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Red Queen
"A tight, twisted thriller, full of deft reversals and disturbing revelations - deeply, compulsively satisfying!" - Brenna Yovanoff, New York Times bestselling author of The Replacement
"As dark as Gillian Flynn and as compulsive as Serial…Kara Thomas's mystery debut is intricate, chilling, and deeply compelling. Unforgettable!" - Laura Salters, author of Run Away
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Kara Thomas has written for everything from her high school newspaper to Warner Bros. Television. She is a true-crime addict who lives on Long Island with her husband and rescue cat. To learn more about Kara and her books, visit her at kara-thomas.com and follow @karatwrites on Twitter.
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