Drop Dead Famous
By (Author) Jennifer Pearson
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Simon & Schuster Ltd
15th June 2026
United Kingdom
Young Adult
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Romance and love stories
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Songbooks / singing
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Siblings
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Death and grief
Childrens / Teenage emotions: Anger, frustration
Paperback
400
Width 130mm, Height 198mm
The hotly-anticipated YA crime thriller debut frombestselling and award-winning author, Jennifer Pearson. Perfect for fans of Holly Jackson and Ravena Guron.
When Blair Baker, pop-star and global sensation, riseshigh above the stage for the opening number of her triumphant hometown gig, the crowd erupts in applause. Then come the screams . . .The shocking revelation that music's brightest star has been murdered rocks the world. But for her younger sister, Stevie, the tragedy is more than a headline it's personal.
What begins as a search for answers quickly turns into a dangerous journey through the toxic underbelly of fame. And as Stevie peels back the layers of who her sister really was, she begins to uncover dark secrets closer to home . . .
Jennifer Pearson has previously written as Jenny Pearson. Her middle-grade novels, includingThe Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates(Usborne), have been published in twenty languages. She has been shortlisted for UK awards including the Costa, Waterstones Prize, Branford Boase, UKLA and Lollies, and her books have been selected as Waterstones Book of the Month, theTimesBook of the Year andSunday TimesBook of the Week. This is her YA debut.