The Telling

(Paperback, Reissue)

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A hauntingaddictive (Publishers Weekly) novel about a teen who must delve into her past if she wants to live long enough to have a future when murders eerily similar to the dark stories her brother used to tell start happening in her hometownnow with updated text and a brand-new look!

You swore on summer.

Ben was Lanas world. He was her big brother, her best friend, her summer. And then he was murdered in a grisly carjacking, and her world ended.

Now, six months after Bens death, Lana is trying to reinvent herself. Shes found her way into the inner circle of popular kids, and the Lana she is nowbold, daring, brash, adventurousbarely resembles the shy, unpopular Lana she used to be.

And then a body turns up. At first, everyone thinks its just a horrible accident. But when more corpses are discovered, Lana realizes the details of the murders eerily match the dark fairy tales Ben used to tell herstories that only she and Ben knew.

Is Ben seeking vengeance from the grave Or has a darker phantom from their past come to haunt Lanas present

Reviews

Haunting[an] addictive novel." * Publishers Weekly *
Will leavereaders stunned and satisfied. * Booklist *
"A neatly done murder mystery." * Kirkus Reviews *
"Lanas got a steely edge to her narration, even in her most vulnerable moments, and her confident determination that shes going to figure out what is going on may inspire plenty of readers to follow her." * BCCB *

Author Bio

Alexandra Sirowy is the author ofThe CreepingandThe Telling. She was born and raised in Northern California, where she attended a womens college as an undergraduate and received her MA at the University of San Francisco. She is a voracious reader, the oldest of three children, an avid traveler, a record-holding high school long jumper, a gourmet cook, a feminist, and forever grateful to her parents for reading to her as a child. Alexandra lives in Northern California with her husband.