The Initial Insult
384 pages | Hardcover
In the first book of this suspenseful YA duology, award-winning author Mindy McGinnis draws inspiration from Edgar Allan Poe and masterfully delivers a dark, propulsive mystery in alternating points of view that unravels a friendship . . . forevermore.
Welcome to Amontillado, Ohio, where your last name is worth more than money, and secrets can be kept . . . for a price.
Tress Montor knows that her family used to mean somethingāuntil she didnāt have a family anymore. When her parents disappeared seven years ago while driving her best friend home, Tress lost everything. The entire town shuns her now that she lives with her drunken, one-eyed grandfather at what locals refer to as the āWhite Trash Zoo.ā
Felicity Turnado has it all: looks, money, and a secret. She knows that one misstep could send her tumbling from the top of the social ladder, and sheās worked hard to make everyone forget that she was with the Montors the night they disappeared. Felicity has buried what she knows so deeply thatĀ sheĀ canāt even remember what it is . . . only that she canāt look at Tress without feeling shame and guilt.
But sheāll have to. Tress has a plan. A Halloween costume party at an abandoned house provides the ideal situation for Tress to pry the truth from Felicityābrick by brickāas she slowly seals her former best friend into a coal chute. Tress will have her answersāor settle for revenge.
The Initial Insult
384 pages | Hardcover
In the first book of this suspenseful YA duology, award-winning author Mindy McGinnis draws inspiration from Edgar Allan Poe and masterfully delivers a dark, propulsive mystery in alternating points of view that unravels a friendship . . . forevermore.
Welcome to Amontillado, Ohio, where your last name is worth more than money, and secrets can be kept . . . for a price.
Tress Montor knows that her family used to mean somethingāuntil she didnāt have a family anymore. When her parents disappeared seven years ago while driving her best friend home, Tress lost everything. The entire town shuns her now that she lives with her drunken, one-eyed grandfather at what locals refer to as the āWhite Trash Zoo.ā
Felicity Turnado has it all: looks, money, and a secret. She knows that one misstep could send her tumbling from the top of the social ladder, and sheās worked hard to make everyone forget that she was with the Montors the night they disappeared. Felicity has buried what she knows so deeply thatĀ sheĀ canāt even remember what it is . . . only that she canāt look at Tress without feeling shame and guilt.
But sheāll have to. Tress has a plan. A Halloween costume party at an abandoned house provides the ideal situation for Tress to pry the truth from Felicityābrick by brickāas she slowly seals her former best friend into a coal chute. Tress will have her answersāor settle for revenge.
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384 pages | Hardcover
In the first book of this suspenseful YA duology, award-winning author Mindy McGinnis draws inspiration from Edgar Allan Poe and masterfully delivers a dark, propulsive mystery in alternating points of view that unravels a friendship . . . forevermore.
Welcome to Amontillado, Ohio, where your last name is worth more than money, and secrets can be kept . . . for a price.
Tress Montor knows that her family used to mean somethingāuntil she didnāt have a family anymore. When her parents disappeared seven years ago while driving her best friend home, Tress lost everything. The entire town shuns her now that she lives with her drunken, one-eyed grandfather at what locals refer to as the āWhite Trash Zoo.ā
Felicity Turnado has it all: looks, money, and a secret. She knows that one misstep could send her tumbling from the top of the social ladder, and sheās worked hard to make everyone forget that she was with the Montors the night they disappeared. Felicity has buried what she knows so deeply thatĀ sheĀ canāt even remember what it is . . . only that she canāt look at Tress without feeling shame and guilt.
But sheāll have to. Tress has a plan. A Halloween costume party at an abandoned house provides the ideal situation for Tress to pry the truth from Felicityābrick by brickāas she slowly seals her former best friend into a coal chute. Tress will have her answersāor settle for revenge.
