The newest student at the elite St. Ambrose School for Girls must navigate a sinister social clique and the treachery of her own mind in this complex psychological thriller (Crime Reads) that is perfect for fans of Megan Miranda and Layne Fargo. When Sarah Taylor arrives at the exclusive St. Ambrose School, she is carrying more baggage than just her suitcase. She knows she is not like the other girls if her shabby, all-black, non-designer clothes don't give that away, the bottle hidden in her desk drawer sure does. St. Ambrose queen bee, Greta Stanhope, picks Sarah as a target from day one, and she is relentless in making sure Sarah knows what the pecking order is. Thankfully, Sarah makes an ally out of her roommate Ellen Strots Strotsberry, a cigarette-smoking, devil-may-care athlete who takes no bullcrap. Also down the hall is Nick Hollis, the devastatingly handsome and the object of more than one St. Ambrose student fantasies. Between Struts and Nick, Sarah hopes she can make it through the semester, dealing with not only her schoolwork and a recent bipolar diagnosis, but Greta increasingly malicious pranks. Sarah is determined not to give Greta the satisfaction of breaking her. But when scandal unfolds, and someone ends up dead, her world threatens to unravel in ways she could never have imagined in this delicious, riveting, twisty
The newest student at the elite St. Ambrose School for Girls must navigate a sinister social clique and the treachery of her own mind in this complex psychological thriller (Crime Reads) that is perfect for fans of Megan Miranda and Layne Fargo. When Sarah Taylor arrives at the exclusive St. Ambrose School, she is carrying more baggage than just her suitcase. She knows she is not like the other girls if her shabby, all-black, non-designer clothes don't give that away, the bottle hidden in her desk drawer sure does. St. Ambrose queen bee, Greta Stanhope, picks Sarah as a target from day one, and she is relentless in making sure Sarah knows what the pecking order is. Thankfully, Sarah makes an ally out of her roommate Ellen Strots Strotsberry, a cigarette-smoking, devil-may-care athlete who takes no bullcrap. Also down the hall is Nick Hollis, the devastatingly handsome and the object of more than one St. Ambrose student fantasies. Between Struts and Nick, Sarah hopes she can make it through the semester, dealing with not only her schoolwork and a recent bipolar diagnosis, but Greta increasingly malicious pranks. Sarah is determined not to give Greta the satisfaction of breaking her. But when scandal unfolds, and someone ends up dead, her world threatens to unravel in ways she could never have imagined in this delicious, riveting, twisty