The Meadowbrook Murders by Jessica Goodman
From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of They Wish They Were Us and The Counselors, comes a page-turning murder mystery set at a prestigious New England boarding school and the dark secrets a killer desperately wants hidden.
Secrets don’t die when you do.
It’s the first week of senior year at Middlebrook Academy. For Amy and her best friend Sarah, that means late-night parties at the boathouse, bike rides through their sleepy Connecticut town, and the crisp beginning of a New England fall.
Then tragedy. Sarah and her boyfriend are brutally murdered in their dorm room. Now the week Amy has been dreaming about for years has turned into a nightmare, especially when all eyes turn to her as the culprit. She was Sarah’s only roommate, the only other person there when she died—or so she told the police to cover for her own boyfriend’s suspicious whereabouts. And even though they were best friends, with every passing day, Amy begins to learn that Sarah lied about a lot of things.
Liz, editor of the school newspaper and social outcast, is determined to uncover the truth about what happened on campus, in hopes her reporting will land a prestigious scholarship to college. As Liz dives deeper into her investigation, the secrets these murdered seniors never wanted out come to light. The deeper Liz digs, the messier the truth becomes – and with a killer still on campus, she can’t afford to make any mistakes.
The Meadowbrook Murders is a gripping mystery about the inextricable way power, privilege, and secrets are linked, and how telling the truth can come at a deadly price.
Expected publication February 4, 2025
I enjoyed this one even though I knew who it was very early on. I still had fun reading it. The pacing was good and I started to care about some of the characters.
This is kind of your typical boarding school mystery/thriller. You have all the rich kids and then the scholarship and local people. Everyone is competitive, even with their friends. I feel like Amy was a bit obsessed about Sarah’s friendship. It felt a bit odd, but other kids felt the same. But Sarah was human and not who everyone thought she was. Ryan was a good guy, but did not so good things. Even Liz and Amy weren’t perfect. I always like that part of books. Humans are flawed. Some are just worse than others.
I gave this book 4 1/2 stars.
Thank you to Netgalley for my earc.
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