Kill the Lax Bro
By (Author) Charlotte Lillie Balogh
Random House USA Inc
Delacorte Press
23rd July 2025
United States
Young Adult
Fiction
FIC
Hardback
384
Width 140mm, Height 210mm
A fresh and darkly funny 90s murder mystery about one high school's net of lies that begin to unravel when a star lacrosse player winds up dead. A fresh and darkly funny 90s murder mystery about one high school's net of lies that begin to unravel when a star lacrosse player winds up dead. The night before graduation, all of Hancock High celebrates at their school's annual lock-in. But what starts out as a fun night turns horribly wrong when a body is found-and the victim is none other than Troy Richards, the school's star lacrosse player. Everyone is acting totally clueless. As for suspects There's Jennifer (the dream girl), Naomi (the geek), Sassi (the overachiever), and Tatum (the rebel). At a glance, it seems like they couldn't be more unalike, except for the fact that they all hated Troy (the lax bro) . . . but who wanted him dead From debut author Charlotte Lillie Balogh comes a wickedly sharp take on high school stereotypes, including the boys we love and love to hate- lax bros.
Charlotte Lillie Baloghs debut is utterly impossible to put down (no, reallyI tore through it in twenty-four hours). The books expertly constructed plot is made even more propulsive by the use of six different narrators, each harboring their own secrets. And I still get goose bumps thinking about how it all ends. Jordyn Taylor, USA Today bestselling author of Wicked Darlings and The Revenge Game
Charlotte Lillie Balogh is an author, a screenwriter, and a comic book writer born and raised outside Boston. She self-published her first book at sixteen years old and later graduated as a Remembrance Scholar from Syracuse University. CLB is a lifelong superhero fanatic, and she launched into the television and film industry by working at DC Entertainment on projects including Wonder Woman 1984 and the CW's Stargirl. When she's not writing, CLB mentors young women through RowLA and WriteGirl, helping to create the next generation of real-life superheroes.