Very Bad People

(Hardback)

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First editions have an exclusive foil design underneath the jacket!

A twisty, deeply satisfying ride. Sara Shepard, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Little Liars

In this dark academia young adult thriller for fans of The Female of the Species and People Like Us, a teen girls search for answers about her mothers mysterious death leads to a powerful secret society at her new boarding schooland a dangerous game of revenge that will leave her forever changed.

Six years ago, Calliope Bolans mother drove the family van into a lake with her three daughters inside. The girls escaped, but their mother drowned, and the truth behind the accident remains a mystery Calliope is determined to solve. Now sixteen, she transfers to Tipton Academy, the same elite boarding school her mother once attended. Tipton promises a peek into the past and a host of new opportunitiesincluding a coveted invitation to join Haunt and Rail, an exclusive secret society that looms over campus like a legend.

Calliope accepts, stepping into the exhilarating world of the ghosts, a society of revolutionaries fighting for social justice. But when Haunt and Rail commits to exposing a dangerous person on campus, it becomes clear that some ghosts define justice differently than others.

As the societys tactics escalate, Calliope uncovers a possible link between Haunt and Rail and her mothers deadly crash. Now, she must question what lengths the society might go to in order to see a victoryand if the secret behind her mothers death could be buried here at Tipton.

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Very Bad People has it all: family secrets, mysteries, lies, romance, a secret society, activism, mischief, and more. So perfectly paced, so well-wrought, I was kept guessing until the end. A twisty, deeply satisfyingride. * Sara Shepard, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Little Liars *
A multi-layered mystery and a razor-sharp indictment of privilege in all its forms,Very Bad Peopleis a stunning thriller. * Kara Thomas, author of The Cheerleaders and That Weekend *
"Very Bad Peopleis a chilling dive into the dangers of dark academia and family secrets. Kit Frick spins a propulsive tale that twists through hidden rooms and the shadowy wooded edges of an elite boarding school where secrets must be protected at all costs. A startling and addictive thriller!" * Jennifer Moffett, author of THOSE WHO PREY *
* "A doozy of a ride, with thrills and chills aplenty." * Kirkus Reviews, starred review *
*"Nuanced and startling in turn, this is a satisfyingly smart and thrilling tale." * Publishers Weekly, starred review *

Author Bio

Kit Frick is a MacDowell Fellow and International Thriller Writers Award finalist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She studied creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College and received her MFA from Syracuse University. The author of the poetry collectionA Small Rising Up in the Lungsand the young adult thrillersBefore We Were Sorry(originally published asSee All the Stars),All Eyes on Us,I Killed Zoe Spanos,Very Bad People, andThe Reunion, Kit loves a good mystery but has only ever killed her characters. Honest. Visit Kit online at KitFrick.com and on Twitter and Instagram @KitFrick.