- Published: 4 October 2022
- ISBN: 9780593618394
- Imprint: Dutton
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 288
- RRP: $24.99
A Line in the Dark

















- Published: 4 October 2022
- ISBN: 9780593618394
- Imprint: Dutton
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 288
- RRP: $24.99
“With an active focus on female friendships and relationships, A Line in the Dark is a twisty, dark psychological thriller that will leave you guessing until the very end. Lo offers some impressive storytelling, a chilling plot, and mean girls aplenty.”—Teen Vogue
“A riveting read… The story of tensions, romances and even violence between townies and prep school kids is well-trodden ground, but Lo makes it new and exciting by creating nuanced queer characters and giving them the chance to make their own terrible decisions.”—NPR
"Soaked in menace. Each page in this brilliant thriller is deliciously unsettling—like Gone Girl meets Pretty Little Liars." —New York Times bestselling author Kiersten White
"A heart-tugging story of a teenage girl who expresses herself in art in ways she can’t quite do in real life—even as she tries to hold on to her best friend despite grappling with deeper feelings for her.”—Vulture
"A hauntingly captivating thriller."—Bustle
"This slender novel packs a punch."—Brightly
“This isn’t fluffy, romantic queer YA: the main character Jess Wong is a kind of sidekick anti-heroine at the center of an increasingly complex web of secrets, lies and, eventually, murder.”—Autostraddle
“A beautifully written and compellingly well-observed psychological thriller.” —New York Times bestselling author Kate Elliott
* "An enthralling mystery full of twists, turns, dark heroics... and high school."—Shelf Awareness, starred review
* "An intricate tapestry of narrative, woven in a labyrinthine pattern of secrets and colored with intersecting hues of Chinese-American identity, the dark intensity of relationships, and telltale stains of blood.... Mesmerizing."—Kirkus, starred review
* "Any young adult reader who loves psychological thrillers will be clamoring to get their hands on this captivating book."—SLC, starred review
"Dark, twisty, and unsettling, this book almost begs to be read in one sitting, and then instantly reread.... "—SLJ
"Drawing every character as complicit in unexpected and thought-provoking ways, Lo spins an addictive psychological mystery."—The Horn Book