WICKED DARLINGS

In the year since her sister’s untimely death, Noa has felt relieved.

Noa Falk always felt like she played second fiddle to her older sister, Leah. Charming, athletic Leah seemed to naturally excel at everything she tried. At the end of her freshman year of college, she even scored a prestigious internship at the Gotham Sentinel that Noa would have done anything for. When Leah died by apparent suicide after attending several events with Manhattan’s social elite as part of her reporting duties, Noa felt a sense of freedom more than grief; finally, she could exist outside her sister’s shadow. But Noa finds secrets in Leah’s phone that point to a more sinister truth: She was murdered. Despite her complicated feelings about her sister, Noa infiltrates the wealthy family that Leah was investigating, using her student journalist skills to find out what really happened. Will she discover the truth—or meet the same fate? This fast-paced thriller uncovers the dark side of high society and sensational journalism. Tackling themes such as sexual assault, the class divide, and peer pressure, the strength of this work lies in how it tackles the complexity of grief and the many forms it takes. Plot twists keep readers guessing while the building suspense makes this a work that’s impossible to put down. Noa, who’s Jewish, is cued white, as is most of the supporting cast.

A twisting thriller that tackles grief head-on.