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Liar's Beach Paperback – April 30, 2024

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The New York Times bestseller!

A new take on Agatha Christie’s classic murder mystery The Mysterious Affair at Styles, with iconic detective Hercule Poirot recast as a brilliant, brash teen girl named Holiday, and narrated by her childhood friend Linden, an athlete-scholar who fits right in at his elite prep school—all the while hiding some secrets of his own.

Michael Linden—or just Linden to his preppy boarding school pals—doesn’t belong in wealthy, storied Martha’s Vineyard. But when his roommate Jasper invites him to spend the end of summer at his massive beachfront home, August House, Linden tries his best to fit in. Linden wouldn’t call it lying, exactly. Though it turns out August House is full of liars.

Then someone is found unconscious in Jasper’s pool, and everyone has something to hide—Jasper, his beautiful sister Eliza, their older brother Wells, and their friends. The accident is written off as just that—an accident—but Linden begins to wonder...

Enter: Holiday Proctor. Linden’s childhood friend, and the one person on the island who knows the truth about Linden. There’s nothing Holiday loves more than a good old-fashioned mystery and she’s convinced there's a potential killer on the Vineyard. The only question is…who?
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  1. Reading age
    12 - 17 years
  2. Book 1 of 2
    Liar's Beach
  3. Print length
    288 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Grade level
    7 - 9
  6. Lexile measure
    900L
  7. Dimensions
    5.38 x 0.59 x 8.25 inches
  8. Publisher
    Ember
  9. Publication date
    April 30, 2024
  10. ISBN-10
    0593433319
  11. ISBN-13
    978-0593433317
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BalmerHon
4.0 out of 5 stars How about Liars’ Beach
Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2023
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I read this book on the recommendation of a review done recently in the Boston Globe. I had no idea the story was about kids still in high school until I began reading and then it didn’t matter. The story had my attention and kept it to the bitter end. Liar’s Beach is a good summertime read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars So intriguing so fun!
Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2023
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I was hooked into this story from the beginning. Cotugno has a great way with voices and dialogue - it captures you immediately. Stayed up far too late reading it till I finished!
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Keila
3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad
Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2023
This is a modern day retelling of the Agatha Christie novel The Mysterious Affair at Styles. It is told from the perspective of Linden, an athlete scholar at a prep school. He meets up with his friend Holiday, and among them they work out to discover who murdered Jasper. Everyone wants it to be a accident, but Linden and Holiday think otherwise. Can they work together to figure out who did this horrible crime?

I have really been enjoying YA books lately and this was my first mystery. While I am not a huge Agatha Christie fan, I thought that this book was entertaining. I did struggle with this one being told from the perspective of a teenage boy. There were some scenes that I didn’t really care for and could have done without, and it seemed fairly obvious that the author was a woman. I also didn’t really feel that much happened in this book. The mystery wasn’t really a big deal and the pacing felt rather slow. It felt like a few teenagers just messing around. I did enjoy the setting and absolutely loved the beach town they were in and how wonderful some of the friendships were. This was truly a story of deep friendships and what we go through for them.

I felt that the narrator was perfect for the role of Linden. He really captured what it was like to be a teenage boy, with the enunciation and inclinations perfectly.

If you are looking for a fun remake, then I hope you check this one out.
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sandymill
4.0 out of 5 stars A good story
Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2023
I enjoyed this story with all the characters within. The main character was Linden.

Linden is going to visit a roommate from his prep school during the summer. His roommate family has a vacation estate on the beachfront. Linden has tried to fit in with the rich kids from school but it's hard to do most of the time. Most of the time he is lying. While at the vacation estate he hears and see a lot of things happened that surprise him.

This was a fun story to read. It had action, adventure, drama and suspense throughout. There were a few giggles within. The story had a mystery within that was fun to solve.

I received a complimentary copy via Netgalley. This is my honest unbiased opinions.
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Katherine
4.0 out of 5 stars YA summer drama on the cape
Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2023
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3.5 STARS

Genre: YA thriller/mystery

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Teens spend a summer vacation at a lavish house on the cape where all the drama follows and one is attacked.

This one fell a little flat for me. I liked the Cape Cod setting and the Boston references. The storyline had a lot of promise but I think it needed a little more action or a bit of a darker side. I wanted more lying and some plot twists. I listened to it on audio and enjoyed the narration. If you are looking for a quick YA beach house summer drama you might give this a try!
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Katie Lynch
5.0 out of 5 stars I loved it
Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2024
Lots of cussing, but it went so well with the jerk rich kid characters. It’s a fun who done it mystery, but not scary. I really enjoyed!
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Runs w/ Scissors
3.0 out of 5 stars Well written but predictable. Decent beach read.
Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2023
Writing was decent. Story line was average. Character development was probably my least favorite part of this book. These kids are talking about going to college in the future, but their dialogue is very elevated for that age. Would have been more believable as college students. Also (and this is just a personal preference) all of the characters in this book are jerks in one way or another. I am beyond bored with that trend. Give me someone to root for!
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Sofia
4.0 out of 5 stars Solid YA Thriller
Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2023
Michael Linden, or Linden as everyone calls him is not your typical preppy private school student but he attends the coveted private school anyway. Linden is there on a scholarship but he doesn’t want anyone to know so he does everything he can to hide it. When he gets invited to the beach house of one his friends he jumps are the opprotunity to enjoy some time off and get some rest after a horrible ankle injury. He is stressed because he isn’t sure he will be able to keep his scholarship to play at his school. Little does he know what he is going to find out while on vacation! He is in for a shock of his life.

This book was very well written and was a quick read to be honest. I was able to read fairly fast and it kept me entertained. It had a development of characters that truly exposed who they are and what their true intentions are. It makes you think about what you actually see versus what is actually happening. There is moments in the book that are thrilling and fun while other portions that are downright freaky. I really enjoyed the novel!
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4.0 out of 5 stars A YA thriller, easy to read, likeable and hateable characters - fab
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 29, 2023
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Found this really enjoyable if a little predictable. The characters are both easy to hate and easy to love. Preppy wealthy kids and drama when a body is found in the pool. It's fun and easy to read in the garden or by the pool in summer.
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Emily Thompson
5.0 out of 5 stars Good condition
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 22, 2023
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Book arrive quite quickly and was in good condition. Much cheaper than original price; I will be buying good as new books for the foreseeable. This seller is reputable and if they do come up again as an option, I will use them :)
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Kwok Lee
5.0 out of 5 stars A great teenage thriller book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 3, 2023
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This is a fictional paperbook by Katie Cotugno aimed for the teenage reader. I passed this book for my daughter to read and share her comments.

Things she liked:
- interesting characters on this thrillerbook
- captivating (want to carry on reading to find out what happens next)

Overall, without giving away any spoilers on this storyline, my daughter recommends this to any young teenagers.
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Kwok Lee
5.0 out of 5 stars A great teenage thriller book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 3, 2023
This is a fictional paperbook by Katie Cotugno aimed for the teenage reader. I passed this book for my daughter to read and share her comments.

Things she liked:
- interesting characters on this thrillerbook
- captivating (want to carry on reading to find out what happens next)

Overall, without giving away any spoilers on this storyline, my daughter recommends this to any young teenagers.
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Peanut
4.0 out of 5 stars A pretty good book, even if a little predictable
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 22, 2023
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This made for good pool reading for me when I took it to Greece on holiday last month. A good story line, although as I said, maybe a little predictable?

But a fair price for a thriller that you can get your teeth into and pass away some hours.
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L. H. Healy
3.0 out of 5 stars Young adult holiday mystery
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 25, 2023
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A young adult mystery novel, Liar’s Beach is an enjoyable and immersive enough read, set in the present day, a tale of several privileged young people on their summer holidays in Martha’s Vineyard in the USA. Narrated in the first person by main character Michael Linden, who has hidden aspects of his true self and life in order to, as he sees it, fit in with these rich friends. He’s on a scholarship to an exclusive school where he is roommates with Jasper Kendrick, and it’s Jasper’s family’s holiday home where they the majority of the novel takes place. An old friend of Michael’s is also around and although it’s an uncomfortable reunion in many ways, having fallen out of touch, they team up to try and solve the mystery when a body is found in the Kendrick’s pool.

It has some interesting things to say about assumptions and who we think people are and who we want them to be, expectations, preconceptions, and re-examining these. Also it portrays the pressures on terms to fit in. Few if any of the characters are likeable, which I don’t mind so much, but it meant I wasn’t particularly rooting for anyone. And most of them are very privileged indeed. There’s a fair amount of romantic angst going on for Michael so bear that in mind when deciding if that’s what you’d like to read about.

It’s an easy enough read, but I think I definitely wanted something more from it, just a bit more urgency perhaps, more drama, and even though it was a good length and not overly long as so many novels can be these days, it still took longer to read than I thought it would.
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