Kate Francis‘ “nail-biting” (Booklist) YA debut thriller, Every Last Liar, has received a lovely shout-out in the latest issue of School Library Journal:

“The author excels at creating relatable, deeply flawed characters—some readers will root for, others they may resent.”

Subscribers can read the full article here.

Seven liars in the circle. Only one can survive…

Seven teens arrive for a school retreat – only to find an abandoned motel and a sinister text message waiting for them: I know what you did a year ago.

Each of the seven buried a guilty secret about their tragic school fire. And now someone is out for revenge.

Every hour they must choose the guiltiest one among them to cross over the white line that circles the motel and be killed. Otherwise, they all die.

But who deserves to live, and who to die? Because only one of them can survive…

DO YOU DARE ENTER THE CIRCLE OF LIARS?

Circle of Liars is out now in the UK. Grab your copy here or, better, via your local bookstore or bookshop.org.

Pre-order your US copy of Every Last Liar here.

Follow Kate on Instagram @katefrancisauthor.