All These Beautiful Strangers: A Novel

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"This is going to be big." -Entertainment Weekly Juicy clever and beguiling." -Cecily von Ziegsar author of the Gossip Girl novels A young woman haunted by a family tragedy is caught up in a dangerous web of lies and deception involving a secret society in this highly charged addictive psychological thriller that combines the dishy gamesmanship of Gossip Girl with the murky atmosphere of The Secret History. One summer day Grace Fairchild the beautiful young wife of real estate mogul Alistair Calloway vanished from the familys lake house without a trace leaving behind her seven-year old daughter Charlie and a slew of unanswered questions. Years later seventeen-year-old Charlie still struggles with the dark legacy of her family name and the mystery surrounding her mother. Determined to finally let go of the past she throws herself into life at Knollwood the prestigious New England school she attends. Charlie quickly becomes friends with Knollwoods "it" crowd. Charlie has also been tapped by the Asthe schools elite secret society well known for terrorizing the faculty administration and their enemies. To become a member of the As Charlie must play The Game a semester-long diabolical high-stakes scavenger hunt that will jeopardize her friendships her reputation even her place at Knollwood. As the dark events of past and present converge Charlie begins to fear that she may not survive the terrible truth about her family her school and her own life.