“When it comes to YA suspense, Karen M. McManus is in a league of her own. Fresh off her best-selling breakout One of Us Is Lying . . . the author has returned with a juicy second novel. It’s even better than what came before.” —EW

The New York Times bestselling “must-read YA thriller” (Bustle) from the author of One of Us Is Lying!

Echo Ridge is small-town America. Ellery’s never been there, but she’s heard all about it. Her aunt went missing there at age seventeen. And only five years ago, a homecoming queen put the town on the map when she was killed. Now Ellery has to move there to live with a grandmother she barely knows.

The town is picture-perfect, but it’s hiding secrets. And before school even begins for Ellery, someone has declared open season on homecoming, promising to make it as dangerous as it was five years ago. Then, almost as if to prove it, another girl goes missing.

Ellery knows all about secrets. Her mother has them; her grandmother does too. And the longer she’s in Echo Ridge, the clearer it becomes that everyone there is hiding something. The thing is, secrets are dangerous–and most people aren’t good at keeping them. Which is why in Echo Ridge, it’s safest to keep your secrets to yourself.

The last goodbye to the Summer Boy? #check
The last goodbye to the Surfer Girl? #check
Hoping to ‘find’ something to make this feel right again? #check
Knowing letting go might be the only chance we all have? #triplecheck

There’s nothing I can do to save him.
Or her.

Or myself.

This is why I always stayed ‘hidden’ in the town of Hidden.
The secrets were always too big. The lies were always too easy to believe. Friends and enemies shared the same breath and words.

And now it all comes down to silence.

The noise is gone.
It’s just us.
It’s Nova and Elijah.
I’m the one who lived here.
He’s the one who visited in the summertime.
I’m the one who fell for him.
He’s the one who fell for me.

And now…?