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Narrated by:
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Skyler Gallun
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Victoria Villarreal
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By:
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Karen M. McManus
About this listen
For all of Kat’s life, it’s just been her and her mother, Jamie—except for the forty-eight hours when Jamie was married and Kat had a stepbrother, Liam. That all ended in an epic divorce, and Kat and Liam haven’t spoken since.
Now Jamie is a jewel thief trying to go straight, but she has one last job—at billionaire Ross Sutherland’s birthday party. And Kat has figured out a way to tag along. What Kat doesn’t know, though, is that there are two surprise guests at the dazzling Sutherland compound that weekend. The last two people she wants to run into. Liam and his father—a serial scammer who has his sights set on Ross Sutherland’s youngest daughter.
Kat and Liam are on a collision course to disaster, and when a Sutherland dies, they realize they might actually be in the killer’s crosshairs themselves. Somehow Kat and Liam are the new targets, and they can’t trust anyone—except each other.
Or can they? Because if there’s one thing both Kat and Liam know, it’s how to lie. They learned from the best.©2024 Karen M. McManus (P)2024 Listening Library
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- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
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The fire wasn’t Marlowe Wexler’s fault. Dates should be hot, but not hot enough to warrant literal firefighters. Akilah, the girl Marlowe has been in love with for years, will never go out with her again. No one dates an accidental arsonist. With her house-sitting career up in flames, it seems the universe owes Marlowe a new summer job, and that’s how she ends up at Morning House, a mansion built on an island in the 1920s and abandoned shortly thereafter. It’s easy enough, giving tours. Low risk of fire. High chance of getting bored talking about stained glass and nut cutlets and Prohibition.
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Fun!
- By Zane on 09-05-24
By: Maureen Johnson
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Two Sides to Every Murder
- By: Danielle Valentine
- Narrated by: Valerie Rose Lohman, Alex Finke, Hillary Huber
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
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Most people’s births aren’t immortalized in a police report—but Olivia was born during the infamous Camp Lost Lake murders. Seventeen years later, Olivia’s life looks pretty perfect . . . until she discovers the man she calls dad is not her biological father. Now she wants answers about her bloodline, and the only place she knows to look is Camp Lost Lake. Most people don’t spend their formative years on the run with an alleged murderer—but Reagan did. In the court of public opinion, her mom was found guilty of the deaths at Camp Lost Lake, and both of them have been in hiding ever since.
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Flawed but enjoyable
- By Pink Amy on 06-28-24
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The Cousins
- By: Karen M. McManus
- Narrated by: Sarah Skaer, Kate Reinders, David Garelik, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
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Milly, Aubrey, and Jonah Story are cousins, but they barely know each another, and they've never even met their grandmother. Rich and reclusive, she disinherited their parents before they were born. So when they each receive a letter inviting them to work at her island resort for the summer, they're surprised...and curious.
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Not worth the time
- By JC Carey on 12-15-20
By: Karen M. McManus
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The Reappearance of Rachel Price
- By: Holly Jackson
- Narrated by: Sophie Amoss
- Length: 16 hrs and 34 mins
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Eighteen-year-old Bel has lived her whole life in the shadow of her mom’s mysterious disappearance. Sixteen years ago, Rachel Price vanished and young Bel was the only witness, but she has no memory of it. Rachel is gone, long presumed dead, and Bel wishes everyone would just move on. But the case is dredged up from the past when the Price family agrees to a true crime documentary. Bel can’t wait for filming to end, for life to go back to normal. And then the impossible happens. Rachel Price reappears, and life will never be normal again.
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Page-turner
- By Christy Lawrence on 04-19-24
By: Holly Jackson
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The Summer She Went Missing
- By: Chelsea Ichaso
- Narrated by: Amy McFadden
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
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Paige Redmond has always felt lucky to spend her summers in Clearwater Ridge, with lazy days sunning at the waterfalls and nights partying at the sprawling houses of the rich families who vacation there. The Covingtons are one of these families, and beautiful, brilliant Audrey Covington is Paige's best friend. And last year, when Audrey's crush-worthy brother Dylan finally started noticing Paige, she was sure it would be the best summer ever.
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Soooo good!
- By Jane on 03-30-25
By: Chelsea Ichaso
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Pretty Dead Queens
- By: Alexa Donne
- Narrated by: Phoebe Strole
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
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After the death of her mom (screw cancer), seventeen-year-old Cecelia Ellis goes to live with her estranged grandmother, a celebrated author whose Victorian mansion is as creepy as the murder mysteries she writes. On the surface, life is utterly ordinary in the California coastal town . . . until the homecoming queen is murdered. And she’s not Seaview’s first pretty dead queen.
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Best YA I've Read in a While
- By Lindsey Albright on 10-24-22
By: Alexa Donne
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The Legacies
- By: Jessica Goodman
- Narrated by: Jesse Vilinsky, Kristen Sieh, Phoebe Strole, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
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Scoring an invitation for membership to the exclusive Legacy Club in New York City is more than an honor. It gives you a lifetime of access to power and wealth beyond any prep school doors and guaranteed safety and security. So it’s not surprising when Excelsior Prep seniors Bernie Kaplan, Isobel Rothcroft, and Skyler Hawkins are nominated as Legacies; their family pedigrees have assured their membership since birth—even if they're all keeping secrets that could destroy their reputations. But scholarship kid from Queens Tori Tasso? She’s a surprise nominee.
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Exciting look into a gossip girl like world…
- By Jeremy on 03-28-24
By: Jessica Goodman
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Five Survive
- By: Holly Jackson
- Narrated by: Emma Galvin
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
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Red Kenny is on a road trip for spring break with five friends: Her best friend - the older brother - his perfect girlfriend - a secret crush - a classmate - and a killer. When their RV breaks down in the middle of nowhere with no cell service, they soon realize this is no accident. They have been trapped by someone out there in the dark, someone who clearly wants one of them dead. With eight hours until dawn, the six friends must escape, or figure out which of them is the target.
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don't waste your time, read "five total strangers"
- By adolfo suarez on 12-13-22
By: Holly Jackson
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The One That Got Away with Murder
- By: Trish Lundy
- Narrated by: Helen Laser, Joshua Quinn
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
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Robbie and Trevor Cresmont have a body count—the killer kind. Handsome and privileged, the Crestmont brothers have enough wealth to ensure they’ll never be found guilty of any wrongdoing, even if all of Happy Valley believes they're behind the deaths of their ex-girlfriends. First there was soccer star Victoria Moreno, Robbie’s ex, who mysteriously drowned at the family lake house. Then, a year later, Trevor’s girlfriend died of a suspicious overdose.
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the story
- By Lily B on 11-21-24
By: Trish Lundy
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Liar's Beach
- By: Katie Cotugno
- Narrated by: Graham Halstead
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
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In this new take on Agatha Christie’s classic murder mystery The Mysterious Affair at Styles, iconic detective Hercule Poirot is recast as a brilliant, brash teen girl named Holiday, and narrated by her childhood friend Linden, an athlete-scholar who fits right in at his elite prep school—all the while hiding some secrets of his own.
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A poor copy of Agatha Christie’s work.
- By Cayohueso on 08-29-24
By: Katie Cotugno
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They'll Never Catch Us
- By: Jessica Goodman
- Narrated by: Jesse Vilinsky, Phoebe Strole, Kristen Sieh
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
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Stella and Ellie Steckler are only a year apart, but their different personalities make their relationship complicated. Stella is single-minded, driven, and she keeps to herself. Cross-country running is her life and she won't let anything get in the way of being the best. Her sister Ellie is a talented runner too, but she also lets herself have fun. She has friends. She goes to parties. She has a life off the course.
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Far Fetched
- By Gretchen on 09-24-21
By: Jessica Goodman
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The Cheerleaders
- By: Kara Thomas
- Narrated by: Phoebe Strole
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
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There are no more cheerleaders in the town of Sunnybrook. First there was the car accident - two girls dead after hitting a tree on a rainy night. Not long after, the murders happened. Those two girls were killed by the man next door. The police shot him, so no one will ever know his reasons. Monica's sister was the last cheerleader to die. After her suicide, Sunnybrook High disbanded the cheer squad. No one wanted to be reminded of the girls they'd lost.
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Not a thriller or horror, just a mystery
- By Lillian on 09-26-18
By: Kara Thomas
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They Wish They Were Us
- By: Jessica Goodman
- Narrated by: Kristen Sieh
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
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In Gold Coast, Long Island, everything from the expensive downtown shops to the manicured beaches, to the pressed uniforms of Jill Newman and her friends, looks perfect. But as Jill found out three years ago, nothing is as it seems. Freshman year Jill's best friend, the brilliant, dazzling Shaila Arnold, was killed by her boyfriend. After that dark night on the beach, Graham confessed, the case was closed, and Jill tried to move on.
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I really liked it! 🙂
- By Lisa on 09-03-20
By: Jessica Goodman
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The Blonde Dies First
- By: Joelle Wellington
- Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
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Devon is always being left behind by her genius twin sister, Drew. At this point, it’s a fact of life. But Devon has one last plan before Drew leaves for college a whole year early—The Best Summer Ever. After committing to the bit a little too much, the twins and their chaotic circle of friends learn why you don’t ever mess with a Ouija board if you want to actually survive the Best Summer Ever, and soon find themselves being hunted down by…a demon?
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Very teen writing, very breathy narrator.
- By Laurie on 04-15-25
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- Tedd R. Ellils
- 10-22-24
Different but AWESOME!!
I was a little apprehensive at first since this plot deviates from what McManus usually puts out (new setting and new dynamics). I’m a big fan so I decided to listen anyways and boy am i glad I did! The character relationships were so well written and I could see the world in my mind really well. It was so refreshing to have a main character who wasn’t focused on boy problems in this genre of media. I liked how the love interest was just a subplot and not the most important thing in the main characters’ relationships! Another great hit from Karen M McManus!!!!!!!
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- mathew
- 08-22-24
Karen always keeps me entertained!
Another great story. Even though I was a little iffy on Jaimie being asleep for so much of it I get why it needed to happen. Great voice acting as well (although cats voice actor wasn’t great at doing Augustus voice) I hope I don’t have to wait too long for another McManus book
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- Pink Amy
- 08-03-24
Pitch perfect
4.5 STARS
Karen McManus is a young adult thriller powerhouse. I don’t think she’s ever written a book I didn’t like.
In SUCH CHARMING LIARS, Kat’s mother, Jamie is a con artist. She wants out the life and agrees to do one last job. Unbeknownst to her, Kat tags along to the job, working a birthday celebration in order to replace an expensive necklace with a forgery. At the compound where the party is to be held, the pair run into Luke, the man Jamie was married to for 48 hours in Vegas and his son Liam. Kat and Liam remember a six hour odyssey in Vegas where the then four and five year olds were lost in town. It turns out Luke is also a grifter with Liam attempting to thwart his every attempt.
At first I thought, Liam and Kat would get together, because this is YA, but McManus threw me a curve ball making Liam gay. I like reading opposite sex friendships that don’t turn into romance (this isn’t a spoiler).
I truly despised Jamie. Being a once-abused woman doesn’t justify how horribly she raised Kat. One example is upon encountering Luke, Kat tells him off. While I realize teenagers aren’t always polite, I’ve never met a teenager whose parent would condone telling off an adult, even if he was an asshole. For Kat to believe this was okay, Jamie had to have no standards for behavior. Other than this pet peeve, I loved how McManus developed the characters with unique personalities and attributes.
SUCH CHARMING LIARS will definitely be a reread for me.
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- Cynthia Woodward
- 09-02-24
Another awesome book
I enjoyed this new book! Great story line with a lot of strong characters. A must read.
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- Zachary
- 08-26-24
It’s like if Agatha Christie wrote “The Parent Trap”
Karen M McManus delivers yet another banger story of mystery and thrills, something familiar but fresh with her own unique perspective.
It’s another murder mystery with a McGuffin involved: a shiny ruby necklace that is the center of a heist. Shortly after I received this book, I was very lucky to see the author in person and hear her talk a little bit about the book and its inspirations, especially for some of the characters and setting. I was very pleased to know that she got this idea from watching “The Parent Trap” (1997 version), because it’s exactly what this story reminded me of: Two siblings from separate parents who’ve unexpected reunited.
The two siblings and question are Kat and Liam. The book is narrated from both their perspectives; a formula I love already, but what’s interesting and fresh about this take is that the two are siblings in a way. Usually, the two characters whose perspectives are dual in the book are love interests, but not here. Liam and Kat both have a single parent that was married to each other for a brief moment; they divorced after the dad left the two kids as very young children alone to wander the streets of Las Vegas. Neither Liam or Kat have seen or spoken to each other since then, and it’s not until a faithful encounter en route to a fancy birthday party for the head of the wealthy Sutherland clan do the two halves of this broken family reunite. However, it’s within Liam’s first chapter that he establishes that he is gay. This is the authors way of letting us know that the boy and girl, whose perspectives we will be reading from, will not be getting together, as they are essentially rebuilding their relationship as brother and sister. I honestly love that. To see a male and female character come together as siblings instead of romantic partners, especially in a young adult novel, it’s so rare and so fresh to see.
Another thing I found interesting was that both Liam and Kat refer to their respective single parent by their first names, but for different reasons. Kat calls her mom “Jamie” because Jamie has been more of an older sister to her, and Liam calls his dad “Luke” because Lucas has always been a distant scumbag of a father to him, and thus he feels no connection. Of course, I found out rather quickly that the author made this choice so that we as the readers/listeners can I identify the parents as individual characters rather than just “the mom and the dad”.
Even though it technically is a young adult novel, it really is a story for all ages. Of course, keep in mind that the main characters had to have been born in the late 2000’s, so their perspectives can remind us millennials of how old we are today with some passing comments (especially by Kat, who refers to a Phineas and Ferb sweatshirt as “ancient”), the book is so mature and it’s writing and themes, You may even be damned to think of the target audience being 12 and 13 year olds.
This book is definitely different from Karen M. McManus’s first big thriller, “One of Us is Lying”. When I met Ms. McManus shortly after this book’s launch, she said that she took some notes from the production of “One of Us is Lying”’s TV show adaptation, with how much faster the story moved in that medium, and she wanted this story to move at that sort of pace. I can definitely see it with this book. It certainly does move a lot faster, although there were times I do wish it could’ve moved even quicker than it did, I have to say that every time I thought things were slowing down too much quickly found ways to pick up the interest again.
I will say that there may have been a little too many characters, and while I think there was potentially to set any one of them up as culprits for the murder and theft in question, very little suspicion was applied to any of them. There was room for more red herrings, if that makes sense. I also felt like the story, characters, and mystery elements were a little bit all over the place, in fact there were a couple of questions I have about how this or that connected. The book also ended a little abruptly, not all the resolution I would’ve hoped for, but overall I was very pleased with the latest entry to McManus’s bibliography.
I definitely found it engaging and always wondering what happens next. The book delivers what it promises, and true to the author spirit, it always has you asking questions.
I have to admit, I’m usually hesitant to read another book from an author who’s written a book I like (I read “One of Us is Lying” in 2020 and absolutely adored it), because I tend to be under the impression that it’s specifically that story and characters that engage me, and that the other works just aren’t going to be the same. However, reading this book I know that it’s not just the one story. While I don’t think this book is AS good as One of Us is Lying, The book has definitely showed me that it is indeed the author herself who has me hooked. So you can bet that I will definitely be looking into her other published titles and eagerly awaiting for her next.
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- Andre V. Buzzo
- 01-09-25
It was so good
Omg I feel so weird after finishing.. That was a roller coaster of emotions I felt happy, scared, worried, thrilled, terrified, hopeful, angry, so many emotions in a short period of time. So many twists and turns I can’t believe the book is over. It would take so long to explain to someone what happened it’s crazy!
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- Kathleen Baker
- 08-07-24
Great story
Great plot, love the different voices, it made the story easy to follow. The story had a lot of nail biting situations for characters to figure out how to escape.
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- Orrin Forsyth
- 10-14-24
I liked it a ton
Good book for me I liked it a lot I like it because of the genree
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- Kim
- 12-01-24
Loved the twists
Needed a bit more of Liam’s POV. Very good performances from the voice actors. Liked the story plot a lot.
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- Megan M.
- 08-14-24
Possibly over hyped
This book should in my option fall under fiction and young adult.
The story is told between two teenage step siblings. Their choices are questionable as an adult reader.
I think this book would do better if categorized differently.
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