KILLER CONTENT

Influencer teens fall under scrutiny when one of them turns up dead.

Life in the Lit Lair, a house where six 17-year-old TikTok stars have been brought together, seems glamorous on the surface: hosting celebrities, gaining lucrative sponsorships, pleasing their millions of followers, and throwing wild parties. Cami, Gwen, Tucker, Kat, Beau, and Sydney seem to have the perfect lives—until the day they find Sydney dead in the pool of their Malibu mansion. Now, with the five of them suddenly suspects, secrets come to light. An affair, slights over corporate partnerships, personal jealousies, and missing money all look like motives to the investigating detectives. Meanwhile, taunting videos about the brutal murder begin appearing on the Lit Lair’s TikTok account, one that only house members have access to. As events unfold, the killer escalates their taunting TikToks, turning up the heat and forcing the housemates to a breaking point. Mystery lovers will enjoy this thrilling narrative that shifts among the perspectives of each housemate as they navigate the tumultuous investigation. Some characters are sketched in more depth than others, but the author’s rapidly unfolding narrative exposes the harsh realities of social media and its possible negative effects on young consumers. Most main characters read as White; Cami is signaled as Latinx, and Kat is cued as biracial (Black/White).

A page-turning portrayal of social media gone wrong.