Liar's Beach

By Katie Cotugno

Book Overview

The New York Times bestseller

A new take on Agatha Christie's classic murder mystery The Mysterious Affair at Styles, with iconic detective Hercule Poirot recast as a brilliant, brash teen girl named Holiday, and narrated by her childhood friend Linden, an athlete-scholar who fits right in at his elite prep school--all the while hiding some secrets of his own.

Michael Linden--or just Linden to his preppy boarding school pals--doesn't belong in wealthy, storied Martha's Vineyard. But when his roommate Jasper invites him to spend the end of summer at his massive beachfront home, August House, Linden tries his best to fit in. Linden wouldn't call it lying, exactly. Though it turns out August House is full of liars.

Then someone is found unconscious in Jasper's pool, and everyone has something to hide--Jasper, his beautiful sister Eliza, their older brother Wells, and their friends. The accident is written off as just that--an accident--but Linden begins to wonder...

Enter: Holiday Proctor. Linden's childhood friend, and the one person on the island who knows the truth about Linden. There's nothing Holiday loves more than a good old-fashioned mystery and she's convinced there's a potential killer on the Vineyard. The only question is...who?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593433319
• ISBN13: 9780593433317
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Random House Children's Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Teenage Drama

I am half way through this book but feel like I need to give a review. The story is good, the characters are rich kids staying in a beach mansion. They are reckless like teenagers tend to be. I did not know it was written for teenagers I would not have bought it. I understand it is geared toward teens. But it is so predictable it tells to much in Chapter 7. I am not sure I will finish this book. I'd say poorly written, it has lots of profanity. Way to much. Just my thought. Amazon has basically the same reviews. Maybe the next book will be better.