Karen McManus 4 Books Set One Of Us Is Lying, One Of Us Is Next, Two Can Keep a Secret, The Cousins

Karen McManus 4 Books Set brings together four thrillers: One Of Us Is Lying, One Of Us Is Next, Two Can Keep a Secret and The Cousins. Each story centres on secrets, suspicion and the consequences of what people choose to hide, moving between school corridors, small-town histories and a family with a fractured past.

Across the collection, students at Bayview High face escalating danger after a detention ends with only four leaving alive, and later when a new game of Truth or Dare forces players to reveal their darkest secrets. Elsewhere, Echo Ridge is introduced as a town marked by a disappearance and a high-profile murder, while the Story family’s reputation unravels before three cousins are drawn to a summer invitation that promises answers.

Included titles

• One Of Us Is Lying
• One Of Us Is Next
• Two Can Keep a Secret
• The Cousins

Key details

• Four-book set
• By Karen McManus
• Includes One Of Us Is Lying and its sequel One Of Us Is Next
• Also includes Two Can Keep a Secret and The Cousins

Synopses

One Of Us Is Lying

Five students are sent to detention, but only four leave alive. Bronwyn, Cooper, Nate and Addy are left in the aftermath, while Simon, the creator of a notorious gossip app at Bayview High, will never speak again.

One Of Us Is Next

A year after the events at Bayview High, life has not returned to normal. A sinister game of Truth or Dare begins, demanding secrets for truth and dangerous consequences for dares, as trust breaks down and the search for the person behind it becomes urgent.

Two Can Keep a Secret

Ellery arrives in Echo Ridge, a town tied to her family history and long-held rumours. It is where her aunt vanished at sixteen and where a Homecoming Queen’s murder made national news five years earlier, while Malcolm has grown up under the shadow of that death.

The Cousins

The Storys appear to have everything until the family collapses and four children are cut off with the words, “You know what you did.” Years later, 18-year-old cousins Aubrey, Milly and Jonah Story receive an invitation to spend the summer at their grandmother’s resort, prompting them to pursue the truth behind a lifelong mystery.