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Two Can Keep a Secret. Popular with kids. Karen M. McManus Mystery Rate book. Read or buy. Based on 4 reviews. Based on 20 reviews. Get it now Searching for streaming and purchasing options Common Sense is a nonprofit organization. Your purchase helps us remain independent and ad-free. Get it now on Searching for streaming and purchasing options Did we miss something on diversity?

Suggest an update Two Can Keep a Secret. Your privacy is important to us. We won't share this comment without your permission. If you chose to provide an email address, it will only be used to contact you about your comment. See our privacy policy. A lot or a little? However, plans to search for more clues are interrupted by threats that start turning up all over town — implying that the murderer has returned and has the new line up of homecoming nominees in their sights.

This is the second book from author Karen M. McManus about the murder and disappearance of high school students, with her debut One of Us is Lying being described as a cross between Pretty Little Liars and The Breakfast Club , which sounds like a winning combination for teens! Fair warning — parents may also find themselves unable to put it down. Karen M. One of Us Is Lying is her debut novel. To learn more about her, go to her website, karenmcmanus.

Purchase a copy of Two Can Keep a Secret here. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Might want to tell that sister of yours to lie low for a change. I was ten years old the first time I realised I was strange. It seemed like just another ordinary Tuesday when Sophie met Baccio. It was a wild and lightning-struck night. Mary Lawson was the first to die. Leaving Euston station shortly before 6. Being better than everyone else was exhausting work.

I refuse to share this part of my story. The sun set at six minutes to four. Kay lay stretched out on the floor, reading the very small print on the back of the newspaper. Search books and authors. About the book. And then it all imploded. Nobody knows why. Not even Mia. The simple gray stone is carved with his name, the years of his life, and an inscription: Tell me and I forget Teach me and I may remember Involve me and I learn I unwrap our bouquet and silently add it to the pile. Buy now.

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