No Place Left to Hide by Megan Lally - OPTIONAL

No Place Left to Hide by Megan Lally, 272 pages. Sourcebooks Fire, 2025. $11 

Language: R (263 swears, 143 ‘f’); Mature Content: PG-13 (underage drinking, kissing); Violence: PG-13 (death)

BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL

APPEALS TO: SEVERAL

17yo Brooke is an overachiever who comes from a long family history of overachievers. She’s determined to get into Yale and has pushed herself into all work and no play since the lake party where a classmate drowned months ago. The investigation ruled it as accidental, but Brooke is being harassed by an unknown person who’s been calling her, slashing her tires, leaving lake water in her locker, and covering her car with newspapers featuring the article about the incident. Her friend Jena wants her to attend another lake party to blow off steam and celebrate reaching her goals. A seemingly harmless party quickly turns into a horrific nightmare for Brooke.

Lally wrote a suspenseful thriller that I couldn’t put down. Twisty fun. I love how the author portrays the characters and how everything spirals to the ending. It was also a quick read at 272 pages.

Jena is Black. Brooke is white.

LynnDell Watson, DHS Librarian, Delta, Utah