All the secrets of the Bayview Four will be revealed in the TV series soon to be streaming on NBC’s Peacock!THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY • BUZZFEED • POPCRUSH“Pretty Little Liars meets The Breakfast Club” (Entertainment Weekly) in this addictive mystery about what happens when five strangers walk into detention and only … when five strangers walk into detention and only four walk out alive.
Pay close attention and you might solve this.
On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention.
Bronwyn, the brain, is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule.
Addy, the beauty, is the picture-perfect homecoming princess.
Nate, the criminal, is already on probation for dealing.
Cooper, the athlete, is the all-star baseball pitcher.
And Simon, the outcast, is the creator of Bayview High’s notorious gossip app.
Only, Simon never makes it out of that classroom. Before the end of detention Simon’s dead. And according to investigators, his death wasn’t an accident. On Monday, he died. But on Tuesday, he’d planned to post juicy reveals about all four of his high-profile classmates, which makes all four of them suspects in his murder. Or are they the perfect patsies for a killer who’s still on the loose?
Everyone has secrets, right? What really matters is how far you would go to protect them.
And don’t miss the #1 New York Times bestselling sequel, One of Us is Next!
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I came for the murder but I stayed for the teen drama.
I’ll admit I put off reading this one because it got so much praise. I usually find books that get as much hype as this one lacking. And, while I will tell you that the murder mystery of it all was easily solvable early in the book if you pay attention, the drama of the characters lives, the way the death of their classmate changed how they were each perceived both inside the bubble of high school and out, plus the slow unraveling of their secrets left me flipping pages until late in the night. I loved the breakfast club aspect with the different characters who all fit different cliques of the high school norm and they way they all had to work together to figure out the truth even as they believed one of them might be the killer.
This was my first book by this author but it won’t be my last.
This book was super good, and I really recommend it. The only thing I didn’t like was that it is a bit predictable, I knew from reading about a third of it who it was. But, I liked all of the characters and their personalities. For me, the characters in this book are still real, even though it was a while ago I read it.
Great characters. Love the throw back to the Breakfast Club.
Would consider suggesting this book only to teens who haven’t read much mystery novels.
I LOOOVVVVED this story so much!!
I sort of figured the who-dunnit early on, which should’ve made this teen romantic suspense lose its unputdownability, but it absolutely didn’t, because McManus’s cast of characters was brilliant and all their ARCs a pleasure to follow.
ONE OF US IS LYING deserves a 100 of these babies
I liked this a lot more than I expected. It’s smart, intense and I didn’t know who it was until the end. 🙂
On Monday afternoon, five students have detention. Somehow, someone put the phone in their bags, which got them in trouble. And just 4 of them make it out alive. There was a commotion on the street, the teacher left to investigate and one of the students died in the meantime.
Now the ones left are suspects.
The story is told from multiple points of view. It’s intense and full of twists and turns. The pressure of Simon’s death, and the post that are up after, put a lot of strain on the other four’s lives.
It’s one of those books that you have to read in one swoop, cause you just have to know who it was and what really happened. 🙂
Highly recommend it!
I think this book it amazing! This book is very addicting and it will definitely keep you on your toes.
I have seen this one around a lot so I finally decided to jump in and I was pleasantly surprised. I honestly wasn’t sure about this one when I started it
This one has feels of The Breakfast Club but with a murder twist. It was a blast and was a lot more fun than I initially thought it would be. Will definitely be reading through more of this series.
It was unpredictable and overall just a great book, I 100% recommend.
Personally, I loved this book and gave it 5 stars! I finished this book in one day. I was so hooked into the story that it was impossible to put down! Having to write and follow 4 main characters is no easy feat. I found myself rooting for each of the core characters and I felt that Karen McManus did a good job at developing each character throughout the novel. They each faced real-life issues and all were written in a way that made them believable teenagers. None of them felt like they were underdeveloped or that their stories got abandoned.
I also liked the subtlety of the Bronwyn and Nate relationship subplot. It provided the book a romantic storyline which was a refreshing turn to keep things lighthearted where they needed to be. The Bronwyn and Nate storyline was written well enough to provide the romance aspect but never quite changed the mysterious feel of this story, which was nice.
The plot twists in the novel were done very nicely and added to the story without making them seem overly contrived or implausible. “One of Us Is Lying” kept me guessing and introduced me to one of my new favorite authors.
I highly recommend this book and I could see myself re-reading in the future. Some of the themes of this book may be a little mature for younger readers, I would say that “One of Us Is Lying” is perfect for ages 13/14+.
Oh My God! This is seriously the best book I have ever read and that’s a big call after I read Holly Jackson’s books! Totally recommended! Please read its amazing! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! Bronwyn and Nate is the perfect couple!
I LOVED THIS BOOK!!!!
My favorite book i have ever read!
One of us is lying was the perfect mix of The Breakfast Club and Pretty Little Liars. You get the drama of teenagers and high school but also you are trying to figure out if any of the main characters committed murder. The writing and character building in this book was great and I couldn’t put the book down! Throughput the book I had a feeling that none of the Bayview Four actually killed Simon but then the author would throw in a new secret or rumor and I would second guess myself. I literally had no clue who killed Simon throughout the book even though I would like to say I did. At one point throughout the book I did suspect each of the four but the twist at the end didn’t surprise me but I didn’t suspect the person who actually killed Simon. I loved how throughout the book there were so many suspects so you are always on your toes. The fact that one person killed Simon but there were so many people that helped that person was what surprised me. I hadn’t suspected those individuals at all. I also liked watching the four come to terms with who they were and actually became friends that lasted past high school. This was a great story with so many different twists and turns! Highly recommend!
one of us is lying is great
It was a great first view to Karen’s books.I love each one I read, I can’t wait to read more.
I really enjoyed this book. It’s been a long time since I’ve enjoyed a book so much that I stay up late to read it. This was one of those books where I kept telling myself, “I’ll go to bed after this chapter. After this one. The next one.” I couldn’t put it down.
One of Us Is Lying is a clever YA mystery by Karen M. McManus. It starts with five teenagers headed to detention after school. By the end of detention, one of the five is dead, and the other four all have a motive for wanting him gone. Which is the murderer, and can the ones not responsible clear their names?
The victim is Simon Kelleher,, who runs an app called About That. About That posts gossip from around Bayview High. It has a nasty tone and is never wrong. Simon is the most hated person at Bayview, but nobody dares tell him to his face for fear of ending up on the app.
The other four each had a secret and were going to be named, for one reason or another, in Simon’s next post. It turns out, for example, that Bronwyn, on track to be the class valedictorian, cheated her way through chemistry the year before. Cooper, a star baseball player, has been using steroids so he can impress the scouts coming to his games. Addy, a pretty airhead who’s dating the football team’s handsome running back, recently had too much to drink at a party and slept with another boy. Finally, Nate was recently arrested for selling black market painkillers, and is breaking the terms of his probation by still selling pot around school.
The circumstances of Simon’s death are highly suspicious. All five students are in detention due to Mr. Avery, who has a strict no-phone policy, finding cell phones in each student’s bag during class. During detention, there’s a car crash in the parking lot, drawing Mr. Avery out of the room. While he’s gone, Simon, who’s allergic to peanuts, drinks water from a cup that’s been coated with peanut oil. Unfortunately, his epi pen is not in his backpack, nor are the epi pens in the school nurse’s office where they’re supposed to be, and Simon chokes to death.
Did one of the four commit the murder? They were the only ones in the room, so the killer had to be one of them, right? Each proclaims his or her innocence, but as the title says, one of them is lying. The case is complicated when new posts keep appearing on Simon’s app, apparently written by the killer and taunting the police. Also not helping is the fact that the national news media have latched onto the sensational murder and investigation, turning the lives of the four suspects and their families upside down.
The book reminds me of a twisted version of the movie The Breakfast Club. In that movie, five students who would never socialize with each other in the hallways or cafeteria during the school day get to know each other during an all-day Saturday detention. One of Us Is Lying has a similar vibe, as the four suspects have little in common but find themselves forced into a friendship when their old friends drop them, and because nobody else can understand what they’re going through.
I found the book highly entertaining, and McManus did a great in introducing a new clue or twist in nearly every chapter, so that the reader’s suspicion constantly shifts from one of the students to another. Or maybe it was the teacher? Or one of the many other students at Bayview who had fallen victim to Simon’s gossip app? Perhaps the girl who had wanted to date Simon but who he’d never had time for? This book is highly recommended for high schoolers or adults who think that sort of mystery sounds like fun. (Warning: Younger readers may find the book’s frequent references to teen sex and drug use too mature.)
At first, I was not very comfortable with the sexual topics in this story. However, as I got into the book, I realized that it was a wonderful thriller that deserved its bestselling fame. Simon’s death made everyone at Bayview High scared and nervous that they will be next to come. I also found that it kept me reading all available times in my days with the thrilling suspense and the many predictions I made of who might be the killer, or if he was really killed by anyone at all.
One of my all time fave,I’m sure you will like it too