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Informationen zum Autor Jessica Goodman is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Meadowbrook Murders, The Legacies , The Counselors , They’ll Never Catch Us, and They Wish They Were Us. She is the former op-ed editor at Cosmopolitan magazine. Her work has also been published in Marie Claire , Entertainment Weekly , The Cut , and Glamour . Follow Jessica on Instagram @jessicagoodman. Klappentext "Dark secrets? Summer camp setting? Complex teen girls? Murder? Count me in." —Kathleen Glasgow, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces * A New York Times bestseller * A USA TODAY bestseller * An Indie Bestseller * From New York Times bestselling author Jessica Goodman comes a twisty mystery about three best friends, one elite summer camp, and the dark secrets that lead to a body in the lake. Summer can’t get here soon enough; Goldie and her camp friends—who know her better than anyone else—will finally be counselors. But Goldie’s been keeping a terrible secret. And so are her best friends. When a teen turns up dead one night, Goldie knows that one of her best friends was at the scene of the crime and is lying about her whereabouts. With danger lurking, asking questions offers no answers, only cracking bonds of lifelong friendship and betrayals deeper than Goldie ever imagined. “[A] delicious and layered thrill ride.” — Marie Claire Leseprobe Prologue Evil doesn’t exist at Camp Alpine Lake. Not inside the wrought-iron gate that separates camp from the town of Roxwood, andnot at the waterfront, where far-out buoys keep us isolated from the rest of New England. Everything here is safe. The tennis courts. The arts and crafts shed. The cabins. The Lodge. Camp is a bubble, made for bonfires and sing-alongs and friendships formed under the beam of a flashlight. Even when I was eight and the group leaders would huddle us together on the man-made beach in neat little rows so we could watch the lifeguards line up in the water to practice safety drills, we knew they were all for show. We were never in danger. Not here. We’d watch the lifeguards dive in unison, touching the ground beneath the surface, even if it was eleven or twelve feet below. They’d come up with nothing, handfuls of dirt. No harmed child, no limp arm. They’d do this over and over until they reached the end of the boundaries, never screaming in horror. Never fearful that a precious camper was gone. Even when I became a counselor and was tasked with keeping the children alive, healthy, and well fed, I knew there was never any real danger here. Not on the edges of the forest up by the cliffs where loose rocks threatened to fall silently into the abyss. Not along the ropes course where harnesses always stayed buckled. And certainly not in the lake, where I wore my red lifeguard suit like a superhero’s costume. But that was before I knew what kind of dark secrets were hidden in the corners of Camp Alpine Lake, out of sight of campers, counselors, and lifers like me, who would give everything we had to keep this place whole. That was before we learned the truth. About Ava, Imogen, and me—and how far we’d go to protect each other even after we had been exposed. Before this summer, Camp Alpine Lake was a haven. An escape from what I could not face back home in Roxwood, only a few miles outside the gate. But now Camp Alpine Lake is another place where I’ll never feel safe. Chapter 1 Now The summer will begin like it always does, with me wandering the grounds of Camp Alpine Lake alone. It’s the first day of maintenance week, when all the counselors arrive to get the place ready for campers. But I’m the only one who can come early. No...
About the author
Jessica Goodman is the
New York Times and
USA Today bestselling author of
The Meadowbrook Murders, The Legacies,
The Counselors,
They’ll Never Catch Us, and
They Wish They Were Us. She is the former op-ed editor at Cosmopolitan magazine. Her work has also been published in
Marie Claire,
Entertainment Weekly,
The Cut, and
Glamour.
Follow Jessica on Instagram @jessicagoodman.
