'- Bulletin 'Strong character development and thrilling reveals. '- Shelf Awareness starred review ' Clearly drawn. Hand this one to older teens who love dark mysteries or fans of Netflix's Making a Murderer. Equally concerned with a quest for the truth and the powerful motivation of guilt, this compelling novel won't linger on the shelf.' - Booklist starred review â˜… 'Thomas keeps it real with a jaded heroine from the have-nots societal segment who holds onto her humanity, and a frank illustration of failure in the justice system. Expertly plotted with plenty of twists and turns-never mind a truly shocking conclusion-this gritty thriller is sure to find a wide audience among teens and adults alike. ' â˜… ' Thomas carefully crafts the suspense, leaving present-tense narrator Tessa-and readers-to doubt even those she loves the most.An unsettling story of loss, lies, and violence lurking in the shadows of a small town.' - Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review â˜… 'On the heels of Making a Murderer and The Jinx comes a psychological thriller strongly rooted in the true-crime tradition. Unforgettable!'-Laura Salters, author of Run Away ' You'll be up all night tearing through the pages, gasping through the twists and turns. Kara Thomas's mystery debut is intricate, chilling, and deeply compelling. Praise for The Darkest Corners : ' 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. And don't miss Kara's next 'eerie and masterly psychological thriller' Little Monsters -on sale now (SLJ) ! Only the closer Tessa gets to what really happened, the closer she gets to a killer-and this time, it won't be so easy to run away. 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.

But ever since she left, Tessa has had questions.

She and her childhood best friend Callie never talked about what they saw. Tessa left when she was nine and has been trying ever since not to think about what happened there that last summer. There are secrets around every corner in Fayette, Pennsylvania. with twists that left me shocked.'-Victoria Aveyard, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Red Queen For fans of Gillian Flynn and Pretty Little Liars, The Darkest Corners is a psychological thriller about the lies little girls tell, and the deadly truths those lies become.

The Darkest Corners by Kara Thomas