This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Text copyright © 2017 by Karen M. McManus, LLC

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Excerpt from Two Can Keep a Secret copyright © 2019 by Karen M. McManus, LLC

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: McManus, Karen M., author.

Title: One of us is lying / Karen M. McManus.

Description: First edition. | New York : Delacorte Press, [2017] | Summary: “When the creator of a high school gossip app mysteriously dies in front of four high-profile students all four become suspects. It’s up to them to solve the case”— Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016032495 | ISBN 978-1-5247-1468-0 (hc) | ISBN 978-1-5247-1469-7 (glb) | ISBN 978-1-5247-1470-3 (ebook) | ISBN 978-1-5247-6472-2 (intl. tr. pbk.)

Subjects: | CYAC: Mystery and detective stories. | Murder—Fiction. | High schools—Fiction. | Schools—Fiction.

Classification: LCC PZ7.1.M4637 On 2017 | DDC [Fic]—dc23

Ebook ISBN 9781524714703

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