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One of Us Is Next

Karen M. McManus

  • 384 pages · about 6 hours
  • First published 2020
  • 14 editions
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1 About this book

One of Us Is Next is a mystery thriller novel by Karen M. McManus and the sequel to One of Us Is Lying (2017). Set a year after the events of the first book, it follows three Bayview High students—Maeve Rojas, Knox Myers, and Phoebe Lawton—as an anonymous texter begins a game of truth or dare that has fatal consequences. First published on January 7, 2020, the novel has received generally positive reviews. A sequel, One of Us Is Back, was published on July 23, 2023.

The novel formed the basis for the eight-episode second season of the teen drama mystery television series One of Us Is Lying, which was released to the streaming service Peacock on October 7, 2021.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Young adult fiction, mysteries & detective stories
  • Young adult fiction, thrillers & suspense
  • Young adult fiction, social themes
  • Young adult fiction, school & education
  • Children's fiction
  • High school students
  • High schools

2 About Karen M. McManus

Born 1969

Karen M. McManus (born 1969) is an American author of young adult fiction. She is most known for her first novel, One of Us Is Lying, which spent more than five years on The New York Times Best Seller list, as well as its sequels One of Us Is Next and One of Us Is Back, and the stand-alone novels Two Can Keep a Secret, You'll Be the Death of Me, The Cousins, Nothing More to Tell, and Such Charming Liars.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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