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Jessica Goodman meets The Agathas in this taut, twisty YA thriller set in the glittering world of Mardi Gras in New Orleans, where secretsand bodiesnever stay buried.

For the New Orleans elite, the Les Masques Ball is sure to be the social event of the seasonif they can avoid another dead Queen. When debutante Margot Landry was found dead the morning after her reign at last years ball, it was a tragedy, but not a shocking one. Margot was a wild child with a self-destructive streak, nothing like this years Queen, Lily LeBlanc. With a perfectly poised debutante on the throne, everything is going according to planuntil the ball is hijacked by a mysterious figure in a Jester costume. That night, Lily sends a text to three of the Maids on her royal courther best friend, Vivian; her boyfriends sister, Piper; and April, her former frenemyasking them all to meet the next morning. But Lily never shows up.

On the surface, these three debutantes dont have anything in common except their exclusive private school and their ties to Les Masques. But soon, they realize why Lily brought them together: something dark is lurking beneath the glamorous surface of the debutante world, and it might be the reason she disappeared. And the further the girls dig, the more they begin to suspect that Margots death may not have been an accidentand that Lily may be next. When the Jester starts threatening to expose their own secrets, this unlikely trio must team up to uncover the monsters behind the Mardi Gras masksbefore theyre left with another dead debutante.

Author: Olivia Worley
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Wednesday Books
Published: 10/29/2024
Pages: 352
Weight: 1lbs
Size: 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781250881441
Language: English