“So which are you guys?” Nadia’s family is comfortable but definitely not wealthy, and Mason lives a few streets away from me in Sturgis. “The elites?” I ask, eyebrows raised as I look between Mason and Nadia. There’s some resentment between them and the wealthier students.” They relaxed the scholarship standards, so we have a lot more local kids in the Upper School who aren’t quite as academically inclined. “But Saint Ambrose has gotten a lot more. “Not most people, no,” Nadia says, pushing back a strand of dark, blunt-cut hair. “Do people seriously call each other that?” The novel’s well-rounded cast of supporting characters includes Brynn’s feisty genius of a sister her uncle, who has a troubled Saint Ambrose connection of his own and Regina, who owns the bakery where Tripp works and is a supportive breath of fresh air.īrimming with twists and turns, Nothing More to Tell is a fine addition to the genre that McManus helped popularize.Ellie leans over from her seat beside Mason. As Tripp drinks to numb his pain, Brynn makes sacrifices to help him, stoking both romance and healing between them.
However, the most compelling element of McManus’ storytelling is neither the crime nor the victim but the trauma of the survivors left behind. As the clues build momentum, so will readers’ desire to plow through the novel to see how it all ties together. In her signature style, McManus ( One of Us Is Lying) never gives readers a moment to relax, drawing out suspects and secrets in rapid succession. Nothing More to Tell is another suspenseful page turner from bestselling author Karen M. Brynn and Tripp are surrounded by suspects, including their own family members, and it begins to look like everyone at Saint Ambrose has a motive for murder. Larkin’s past collide with Brynn’s investigation. Larkin’s death approaches, Tripp is still haunted by the lies he told, and he’s drinking more than ever. One of those students is Brynn’s former best friend, Tripp Talbot, who ended their friendship in humiliating fashion. Her first assignment is digging into the four-year-old unsolved murder of William Larkin, a Saint Ambrose English teacher whose body was discovered in the woods by three students. In an attempt to repair her reputation and impress college admissions officers, Brynn lands a coveted internship at “Motive,” a buzzy true crime TV show. After a scandal in Chicago got her kicked off the student newspaper, Brynn is now starting over at her old private school, Saint Ambrose.
High school senior Brynn Gallagher has recently moved from Chicago back to her Massachusetts hometown, a welcome if difficult change.
0 kommentar(er)
