Da Hugh Henry Van Boren, en av de rikeste og mest populære barna på Jess Choudhary School, blir funnet død, er alle sjokkerte. Jess, som må holde seg langt unna alle slags problemer for å beholde stipendet sitt, blir plutselig en av de hovedmistenkte i saken da de finner ut at Hugh døde på nøyaktig samme måte som en karakter i en historie hun skrev. Så mottar hun en anonym melding som takker henne for inspirasjonen. Med stadig mindre tid igjen vet hun at hun endelig kommer til å ha noe til felles med Hugh hvis hun ikke løser mysteriet: Hun kommer også til å være død.
. - Alder: Ungdom fra 13 år
There's a murderer on the loose in an elite boarding school... But who is going to be next? This Book Kills is the deadliest YA thriller of 2023, perfect for fans of Holly Jackson and Karen McManus.
"I'll make it clear from the start: I did not kill Hugh Henry Van Boren.
I didn't even help. Well, not intentionally."
When Hugh Henry Van Boren, one of the most popular and richest kids in Jess Choudhary's school, is found dead, the student body is left reeling and wondering who the murderer could be... Jess, a student under strict instructions to keep her record clean or risk losing her scholarship, finds herself at the centre of the investigation when it's revealed that Hugh died in the exact same way as a character in a short story she wrote.
And then Jess receives an anonymous text thanking her for the inspiration.
With time running out, Jess knows if she doesn't solve this mystery she'll finally have something in common with Hugh Henry.
