The Lying Game #6: Seven Minutes in Heaven

From Booklist In this presumably final book in the Lying Game series, which is dedicated to solving the murder of Sutton Mercer, Shepard does a fine job of building tension and laying believable red herrings along Emma’s route to identifying her twin’s killer. Teenage boys in this cycle continue to receive dramatic but well-earned reputations as violent and jealous (and jealously violent), but the family issues featuring the twins’ grandparents and Emma’s detective work are credibly and engagingly played out. There seems to be little of the Lying Game itself here, except when its notoriety leads authorities to dismiss a witness. This one can stand alone. Grades 8-10. --Francisca Goldsmith Praise for The Lying Game: “The Lying Game is a stay–up–past–your–bedtime type of thriller…full of amazingly believable plot twists and turns.” — Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) (starred review) “A thrilling mystery with just the right doses of romance and danger.” — School Library Journal “A fun and fast–moving mystery…[readers] will race through the pages as Emma pieces together clues and will have plenty to ponder as they anticipate the next installment.” — Publishers Weekly My sister wants the truth. But sometimes the truth hurts. For months, my long-lost twin, Emma, has been living my life and trying to solve my murder. She's unearthed dark secrets about my friends, my family, and my tangled past. But when it comes to finding my killer, she keeps running into dead ends. Until my body shows up in Sabino Canyon. Suddenly everyone knows there are two girls who look like Sutton Mercer—and that one of them is dead. At first the police assume the body is Emma's. But as questions and accusations start flying, it's harder than ever for Emma to keep playing me. The truth is bound to come out eventually. And when it does, Emma will be suspect number one in my murder investigation. If she can't find my killer before time runs out, she'll end up behind barsxa0.xa0.xa0. or worse. Sara Shepard, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Pretty Little Liars books, finally reveals the shocking truth about Sutton's murder in this riveting novel about secrets, lies, and killer consequences. Sara Shepard is the author of two New York Times bestselling series, Pretty Little Liars and The Lying Game, as well as the series The Perfectionists. She graduated from New York University and has an MFA from Brooklyn College. Read more