All the Best Liars by Amelia Kahaney

This book was requested by a student.  I put it on our Amazon Wish List, and a generous donor sent it our way.  After it was returned, I decided to check it out.

Similar to the works of Karen McManus and Holly Jackson, this is a YA murder mystery.  I liked it until the very end!

Brie, Rain, and Sydney are best friends from a poor community in California.  Brie's father invests in a car dealership and suddenly she finds her and her widower father are rich.  They move to wealthy Palm Springs.  Brie's personality turns nasty.  She's a bully and a narcissist.  Then Rain's mother, a casino minimum wage employee, wins the second prize in the lottery.  Rain and her mother move to the rich-person side of town as well.  But Rain doesn't change.  Instead she defends the students Brie bullies.  Rain is a solid C student, but Brie and Sydney are in AP courses together.  Brie's daddy's money will mean she'll go to a top college, while Syd will likely work and go to community college part time. 

The girls find themselves together at a party one night.  There are drugs and alcohol a plenty.  They fight, publicly. 

Brie's home catches fire, and she dies in bed.  Rain goes on the run.  And Sydney is left facing the police.

I don't want to spoil too much, as this is a whodunit.  I was very surprised when the truth is revealed.  But as I turned that last page, I went, "wait, where's the rest?".  Because things are NOT wrapped up.  Guessing we're looking for a sequel...?

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