Dark and Shallow Lies

Dark and Shallow Lies is a New York Times bestselling young adult supernatural thriller set in the eerie, psychic-infused town of La Cachette, Louisiana. Seventeen-year-old Grey spends her summers there, but this time she returns to find her best friend, Elora, has vanished without a trace. Convinced that the town's psychics must know something, Grey begins her own investigation, only to discover that everyone, including her own family, is hiding dark secrets. The book explores themes of friendship, loyalty, grief, and the search for truth, all wrapped in a suspenseful, atmospheric mystery with supernatural undertones. It's suitable for mature young adults who enjoy a good puzzle and don't mind a bit of a chill.

"A totally engrossing small-town mystery about what happens when you finally dig up long-buried secrets.” —Jessica Goodman, New York Times bestselling author of They'll Never Catch Us A New York Times bestseller! A teen girl disappears from her small town deep in the bayou, where magic festers beneath the surface of the swamp like water rot, in this chilling supernatural thriller for fans of Natasha Preston, Karen McManus, and E. Lockhart. La Cachette, Louisiana, is the worst place to be if you have something to hide. This tiny town, where seventeen-year-old Grey spends her summers, is the self-proclaimed Psychic Capital of the World—and the place where Elora Pellerin, Grey's best friend, disappeared six months earlier. Grey can't believe that Elora vanished into thin air any more than she can believe that nobody in a town full of psychics knows what happened. But as she digs into the night that Elora went missing, she begins to realize that everybody in town is hiding something—her grandmother Honey; her childhood crush Hart; and even her late mother, whose secrets continue to call to Grey from beyond the grave. When a mysterious stranger emerges from the bayou—a stormy-eyed boy with links to Elora and the town's bloody history—Grey realizes that La Cachette's past is far more present and dangerous than she'd ever understood. Suddenly, she doesn't know who she can trust. In a town where secrets lurk just below the surface, and where a murderer is on the loose, nobody can be presumed innocent—and La Cachette's dark and shallow lies may just rip the town apart.