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A Good Idea

by Cristina Moracho

2020-05-06 15:39:41

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A taut, dark thriller from the author of Althea & Oliver. Finley and Betty’s close friendship survived Fin’s ninth-grade move from their coastal Maine town to Manhattan. Calls, letters, and summer visits continued to bind them to... Read more
A taut, dark thriller from the author of Althea & Oliver. 

Finley and Betty’s close friendship survived Fin’s ninth-grade move from their coastal Maine town to Manhattan. Calls, letters, and summer visits continued to bind them together, and in the fall of their senior year, they both applied to NYU, planning to reunite for good as roommates.
 
Then Betty disappears. Her ex-boyfriend Calder admits to drowning her, but his confession is thrown out, and soon the entire town believes he was coerced and Betty has simply run away. Fin knows the truth, and she returns to Williston for one final summer, determined to get justice for her friend, even if it means putting her loved ones—and herself—at risk.

How much is she willing to damage to get her revenge and learn the truth about Betty’s disappearance, which is more complicated than she ever imagined—and infinitely more devastating?

“Sharp as a fistful of broken glass, dark and twisted as the woods at night, A Good Idea is rural noir at its creepy, literary best." —Laura Ruby, National Book Award Finalist and Printz-winning author of Bone Gap

"A chilling mystery set in the ''90s that errs on the side of noir, this story will leave you captivated and intrigued." —Buzzfeed Less

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File size8.8x5.7x1.3inches
Print pages368
PublisherViking Books for Young Readers
Publication date February 1, 2017
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780451476241
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