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  • Published: 10 January 2019
  • ISBN: 9780141375663
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 336

Two Can Keep a Secret

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The follow up YA thriller from the author of the international bestseller One of Us is Lying.

Ellery's never been to Echo Ridge, but she's heard all about it. It's where her aunt went missing at age sixteen, never to return. Where a Homecoming Queen's murder five years ago made national news. And where Ellery now has to live with a grandmother she barely knows, after her failed-actress mother lands in rehab. No one knows what happened to either girl, and Ellery's family is still haunted by their loss.
Malcolm grew up in the shadow of the Homecoming Queen's death. His older brother was the prime suspect and left Echo Ridge in disgrace. His mother's remarriage vaulted her and Malcolm into Echo Ridge's upper crust, but their new status grows shaky when mysterious threats around town hint that a killer plans to strike again. No one has forgotten Malcolm's brother-and nobody trusts him when he suddenly returns to town.


Ellery and Malcolm both know it's hard to let go when you don't have closure. Then another girl disappears, and Ellery and Malcolm were the last people to see her alive. As they race to unravel what happened, they realize every secret has layers in Echo Ridge. The truth might be closer to home than either of them want to believe.

And somebody would kill to keep it hidden.

  • Published: 10 January 2019
  • ISBN: 9780141375663
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 336

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About the author

Karen M. McManus

Karen M. McManus is the #1 New York Times and international bestselling author of young adult thriller/mystery novels, including One of Us Is Lying, One of Us Is Next, Two Can Keep a Secret, and The Cousins. You'll Be the Death of Me will be her next novel, publishing December 2021. Her work has been translated into more than 40 languages worldwide. Karen lives in Massachusetts and holds a master's degree in Journalism from Northeastern University, which she mostly uses to draft fake news stories for her novels. For more information, visit www.karenmcmanus.com or @writerkmc on Twitter and Instagram.

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Praise for Two Can Keep a Secret

When it comes to YA suspense, Karen M. McManus is in a league of her own

Entertainment Weekly

It's easy to see why queen of teen crime Karen McManus is a bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic

The Observer

You won't be able to put [it] down

Cosmopolitan.com

Awards & recognition

WA Young Readers Book Award

Shortlisted  •  2020  •  Older Readers Award

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