Two Can Keep a Secret
Echo Ridge is small-town America. Ellery's never been there, but she's heard all about it. Her aunt went missing there at age seventeen. And only five years ago, a homecoming queen put the town on the map when she was killed. Now Ellery has to move there to live with a grandmother she barely knows. The town is picture-perfect, but it's hiding secrets. And before school even begins for Ellery, someone's declared open season on homecoming, promising to make it as dangerous as it was five years ago. Then, almost as if to prove it, another girl goes missing. Ellery knows all about secrets. Her mother has them; her grandmother does too. And the longer she's in Echo Ridge, the clearer it becomes that everyone there is hiding something. The thing is, secrets are dangerous--and most people aren't good at keeping them. Which is why in Echo Ridge, it's safest to keep your secrets to yourself.
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True-crime fan Ellery Corwin and her twin Ezra arrive in Echo Ridge, Vermont to live with their grandmother while their mother is in rehab.
Yes. It is a standalone in Karen M. McManus's interconnected mystery universe and shares no main characters with One of Us Is Lying.
Yes, it is young adult, with high school protagonists and the same boarding-school-meets-thriller tone McManus is known for.
Two Can Keep a Secret was written by Karen M. McManus, published in 2019 by Delacorte Press.
Two Can Keep a Secret is 332 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Two Can Keep a Secret takes most readers 5 to 7 hours to finish.
Two Can Keep a Secret is a standalone novel by Karen M. McManus, not part of a series.
Two Can Keep a Secret is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.