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 © 2019 by Karen M. McManus

Front cover photographs (girls) © 2020 by Getty Images; other images used under license from Shutterstock.com

One of Us Is Next excerpt cover photograph (second girl) © 2020 by Nabi Tang/Stocksy; all other photographs used under license from Shutterstock.com

One of Us Is Next excerpt copyright © 2020 by Karen M. McManus, LLC

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: McManus, Karen M., author.

Title: Two can keep a secret / Karen McManus.

Description: First edition. | New York : Delacorte Press, [2019] | Summary: While true-crime aficionado Ellery and her twin brother are staying with their grandmother in a Vermont community known for murder, a new friend goes missing and Ellery may be next.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018022931 (print) | LCCN 2018029202 (ebook) | ISBN 978-1-5247-1474-1 (el) | ISBN 978-1-5247-1472-7 (hc) | ISBN 978-1-5247-1473-4 (glb) | ISBN 978-1-9848-5190-1 (intl. tr. pbk.)

Subjects: | CYAC: Murder—Fiction. | Missing persons—Fiction. | Community life—Vermont—Fiction. | Brothers and sisters—Fiction. | Twins—Fiction. | Moving, Household—Fiction. | Grandmothers—Fiction. | Mystery and detective stories.

Classification: LCC PZ7.1.M4637 (ebook) | LCC PZ7.1.M4637 Two 2019 (print) | DDC [Fic]—dc23

Ebook ISBN 9781524714741

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