“Lapena is a master of manipulation.” —USA Today
On Sale July 30, 2024
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Nothing ever happens in sleepy little Fairhill, Vermont.
The teenagers get their kicks telling ghost stories in the old graveyard. The parents trust their kids will arrive home safe from school. Everyone knows everyone. Curtains rarely twitch. Front doors are left unlocked.
But this morning, all of that will change.
Because Diana Brewer isn’t lying safely in her bed where she belongs. Instead she lies in a hayfield, circled by vultures, discovered by a local farmer.
How quickly a girl becomes a ghost. How quickly a town of friendly, familiar faces becomes a town of suspects, a place of fear and paranoia.
Someone in Fairhill did this. Everyone wants answers.
And one innocent question could be deadly.
Reviews
★Lapena, Shari. What Have You Done? Pamela Dorman: Viking. Jul. 2024. 320p. ISBN 9780593489963. $30. THRILLER
Lapena (Everyone Here Is Lying) delivers another top-notch twisty thriller. Teenagers Riley, Evan, and Diana are best friends, 17 years old and ready to take on the world. They just need to get through one more year in sleepy Fairhill, VT, where nothing. ever. happens. Content (for now) to hang out in the graveyard on Friday nights, drink vodka, and tell ghost stories, they even tolerate Diana’s controlling boyfriend, Cameron. Only Riley knows that Diana is unhappy with the clingy Cameron, who wants them to go to the same college, and that she plans to break away from him soon. Then a local farmer discovers Diana’s naked, dead body surrounded by vultures in a field one morning, changing the friends forever. Rumors and questions about Diana’s death swirl in the once-peaceful town, and no one is above suspicion.
VERDICT Lapena is a master of suspense, and she doesn’t disappoint here. Her many fans and those who enjoy domestic suspense, small-town crimes, and twisty thrillers will flock to this one. Very highly recommended.
—Library Journal
"What Have You Done? is a brilliant thriller. What you should do is buy it."
—Cara Hunter, NY Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of Murder in the Family
“I inhaled this book in less than 48 hours and what a treat it was. Lapena can always be relied on for great plotting, characterisation and structure, and WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? exceeded all expectations. Entertaining and enjoyable as ever, a total reading pleasure.”
—Liz Nugent, No.1 bestselling author of Strange Sally Diamond
“Incredible atmosphere, breathless pace and perfect plot – the queen of the one-sitting read has done it again. I adored What Have You Done – the inimitable Shari Lapena is at the top of her game!”
–Andrea Mara, No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of No One Saw a Thing