The Trespassers
By (Author) Jennifer Lynn Alvarez
Random House USA Inc
Delacorte Press
20th January 2026
United States
Young Adult
Fiction
352
Width 140mm, Height 210mm
In the frozen depths of an Alaskan winter, a house party turns deadly in this tightly wound thriller packed with icy suspense and devastating secrets. You think you can bury the past... but some truths refuse to stay hidden. In the frozen depths of an Alaskan winter, a house party turns deadly in this tightly wound thriller packed with icy suspense and devastating secrets. You think you can bury the past... but some truths refuse to stay hidden. Finley, Mya, River, and Eli were inseparable as kids, running wild on Alaska's vast wide-open spaces. Then tragedy struck, and Finley moved to the lower 48. But now it's Senior year, and Finley's back in Anchorage. When Mya throws a house party on a snowy Valentine's Day night, it's supposed to be a chance for the friends to heal old wounds. But an encounter with a mysterious stranger quickly turns the evening into a nightmare. As the group scrambles to cover up what they've done, the fault lines they've grown so good at ignoring begin to crack as the police investigate and the media hounds them. Are they the most vicious teens in America, or deeply misunderstood Everyone wants to know-even the teens themselves. Fast-paced and thrillingly tense, The Trespassers explores guilt, loyalty, and the complex nature of friendship.
The Trespassers asks the question, If you show up with a body, will your best friends grab the shovel and pushes the moral compass further with, Should they The Alaskan setting is as chilling as the secrets these friends carryboth the ones that bind them together and the ones fracturing them apart. Alvarez plunges the reader into an icy thrill ride to see who can get away with murder. Megan Davidhizar, author of Silent Sister
Its hard to say whats more terrifying, the darkness of the surrounding wilderness, or the darkness that lies inside even the most normal-seeming people. Ginny Myers Sain, author of Dark and Shallow Lies
One of the best and most moving thrillers youll read this year. Do not miss it! David Bell, New York Times bestselling author of Shes Gone
A web of lies, questionable friendships, and twisted secrets that come alive in the woods... Alvarez writes fear like its second nature. Busayo Matuluko, author of Til Death
A riveting, chilling read. L. B. Schulman, award-winning author of Stolen Secrets
Jennifer Lynn Alvarez earned her BA in English Literature from the University of California, Berkeley, and went into finance, of all things before she accomplished her childhood dream of becoming an author. Jennifer grew up in Alaska and now divides her time between Northern California and Middle Tennessee with her husband, kids, and more than her fair share of pets. The Trespassers is her 11th novel.