Karen M McManus Books One of Us is Lying, One of Us is Next, One of Us is Back, Such Charming Liars

This collection brings together four novels by Karen M McManus: One of Us is Lying, One of Us is Next, One of Us is Back and Such Charming Liars. Set around Bayview High and beyond, the stories centre on teenagers drawn into high-stakes mysteries where secrets, suspicion and shifting alliances shape what happens next.

Across the set, students find themselves under scrutiny after a death in detention, a dangerous new game takes hold a year later, and another threat emerges when a message appears on a billboard and a student vanishes. The collection also includes a separate story following Kat and her mother Jamie, whose attempt to leave crime behind is complicated by an unexpected reunion and a party that turns deadly.

Included titles

• One of Us is Lying
• One of Us is Next
• One of Us is Back
• Such Charming Liars

Key details

• Four-book collection
• By Karen M McManus
• Includes the Bayview High novels and Such Charming Liars

Synopses

One of Us is Lying

Five students walk into detention and only four come out alive. With Simon dead before he can post secrets from his gossip app, investigators decide it was no accident. Bronwyn, Cooper, Nate and Addy are all treated as suspects.

One of Us is Next

A year after the events of One of Us Is Lying, Bayview High is drawn into a new round of Truth or Dare. The game is described as lethal, with truths exposing secrets and dares carrying serious danger. The teenagers must work together to identify who is behind it before time runs out.

One of Us is Back

Life in Bayview has already involved proving innocence and facing a copycat, and now it starts again. A billboard announces a new game, and when a student disappears it becomes clear there are deadly consequences. With no-one sure of the rules, secrets begin to surface.

Such Charming Liars

Kat has grown up with her mother, Jamie, after a brief marriage years earlier left Kat with a stepbrother, Liam. Jamie, a jewel thief trying to go straight, takes one final job at a billionaire’s 80th birthday party. With Liam and his father also present, events spiral, and when someone dies Kat and Liam realise they may be in the killer’s sights.