My debut novel, a YA thriller called GIRLS WHO BURN, will be out Summer ’24 from Penguin Teen!
When her number one suspect becomes the next victim, all bets are off.
Eighteen-year-old Addie Blackwood’s sister is found dead at the bottom of the ravine in the woods—on the same night Addie is hooking up with Seth Montgomery, the boy next door she’s always loved to hate. Her sister’s death is officially ruled an accident, but Addie doesn’t buy it.
She accuses Thatcher Montgomery, Seth’s cousin, of pushing her. He always had a thing for her sister, and Addie caught them arguing shortly before her death. Addie’s sure it was him—until she and Seth find him dead at the bottom of the same ravine.
When Addie gets an email telling her to confess to both murders or her little brother will be next, she must find out who’s behind this. Dodging corrupt police and the even more corrupt Montgomery family, she turns to the only person she can trust to help her solve this—the boy she was with during both murders. But Seth is still a Montgomery, and may be hiding secrets of his own..
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MK Pagano 