People Like Us

A sharp psychological thriller that''s just right for fans of Thirteen Reasons Why and Pretty Little Liars--this story will seduce, mislead, and finally, betray you.

Kay Donovan may have skeletons in her closet, but the past is past, and she''s reinvented herself entirely. Now she''s a star soccer player whose group of gorgeous friends run their private school with effortless popularity and acerbic wit. But when a girl''s body is found in the lake, Kay''s carefully constructed life begins to topple. The dead girl has left Kay a computer-coded scavenger hunt, which, as it unravels, begins to implicate suspect after suspect, until Kay herself is in the crosshairs of a murder investigation. But if Kay''s finally backed into a corner, she''ll do what it takes to survive. Because at Bates Academy, the truth is something you make...not something that happened.

Debut author Dana Mele has written a taut, sophisticated suspense novel that readers will tear through and not stop talking about.