Liar's Beach by Katie Cotugno
on May 2, 2023
ISBN: 0593433289
Genres: Mystery
Format: Fiction
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Linden is excited to stay at his boarding school friend’s house on Martha’s Vineyard for a few weeks before school starts up again. He joins Jasper and his family and a few family friends for long summer days of swimming, drinking, romance…and murder? Linden is first a little startled when he runs into his childhood best friend, Holiday Proctor, as she might accidentally share details from his youth that he would like to keep secret. But it turns out Holiday is an amazing super sleuth and Linden realizes he needs her help.

This book is full of lies, secrets, and rich kids behaving badly; it’s a quick read and perfect for summer. It’s heavily inspired by Agatha Christie and her own super sleuth, Hercule Poirot. Holiday Proctor steals the book, she’s fun and smart and inexplicably fond of Linden, who is a less than endearing main character. Mystery and thriller fans will enjoy trying to solve this one.

Reviewed by Sarah Maciejewski, Patten Free Library, Bath