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Friends Like These

by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez

A beach-town party unravels into suspicion and secrets

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A beach-town party unravels into suspicion and secrets

Set in a small California beach town, Friends Like These begins with Jessica reluctantly attending Tegan’s end-of-summer party with her boyfriend, Jake. After a humiliating incident, Jake tries to repair the damage—but a girl’s disappearance changes the stakes for everyone present. When a body is found at the beach, the group’s connections come under pressure: suspicions circulate, private motives emerge, and loyalty gives way to accusation. The novel frames its central mystery through a close-knit circle whose past choices and concealed information threaten to reshape how each person sees the others.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teen and young adult readers seeking a contemporary mystery centered on a missing girl
  • Fans of beach-town settings with party fallout and escalating suspicion
  • Readers interested in stories of fractured friendships, secrets, and betrayal

Themes

Friendship and betrayalSecrets and deceptionSuspicionConsequences of choicesMissing-person mystery

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Book overview

A razor-sharp thriller packed with dark secrets and explosive twists, it "raises the stakes at every turn (Kirkus) and is "full of atmospheric thrills" (Paste).

When a girl goes missing and a body is found, everyone is a suspect.

"Sharp, atmospheric, and wildly fast-paced"--Jessica Goodman, New York Times bestselling author of They'll Never Catch Us

"Intoxicating and propulsive; an emotional rollercoaster that doesn't let up until the final, brutal twist."--Alexa Donne, author of The Ivies


Mistake number one . . .

Fun-loving Jake tells his girlfriend, Jessica, that they have to go to Tegan's end-of-summer party in their tiny California beach town. Jessica doesn't like parties, and she doesn't like Tegan, who has an obvious, obsessive crush on Jake. But she agrees to go, to make Jake happy.

Mistake number two . . .

Something awful happens at the party. Something so embarrassing that Jessica doesn't know if she can ever get over it--and Jake will do whatever it takes to earn her forgiveness. And now a girl is missing. Everyone is a suspect. And Jake seems to have a lot to hide. . . .

When a body is discovered at the beach, friends start turning on friends, and lies start piling upon lies. What happened could destroy their lives. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer? Mistake number three . . .

"This tangled story about terrible choices, mistaken assumptions, and the all-to-thin line between friends and enemies expertly cranks up the tension chapter-by-chapter until it leaves you dangling on the edge of a cliff and desperate for answers."--Ginny Myers Sain, author of Dark and Shallow Lies
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