From the Publisher
2020 ITW Thriller Award, Best Young Adult Fiction 2020 Arthur Ellis Award, Best YA Crime Book The Globe 100, The Globe and Mail2020 ALA Rainbow Book List 2019 Books of the Year, Quill & Quire Our Favourite Books of the Decade, The Canadian Children's Book Centre2020 John Spray Mystery Award Finalist 2020 Amy Mathers Teen Book Award Finalist 2021 Ann Connor Brimer Award for Atlantic Canadian Literature 2021 TAYSHAS Reading List, Texas Library Association
"A classic whodunit complete with an atmospheric coastal setting, red herrings galore, and a gay teen detective you'll root for from page one." —Malinda Lo, author of A Line in the Dark
"With sharp twists, mounting tension, and a doozy of an ending–not to mention a little sweet romance–this is a page-turner you will not want to keep to yourself." —Caleb Roehrig, author of Last Seen Leaving
"Keep This to Yourself is full of twists and turns that keep readers second guessing and flipping pages right until the end. I fell in love with the characters—even when I wasn't sure who I could trust." —Eileen Cook, author of With Malice and You Owe Me a Murder
STARRED REVIEW! "Breathtakingly chilling. Set across the lush backdrop of an oceanside vacation town, the mystery unfurls like a thick fog, eerie and wholly immersive.... A tightly plotted mystery." —Kirkus Reviews
" ...tense, compelling mystery." —Booklist
"Suspenseful, genuinely creepy and so cleanly plotted, readers may want to start the book all over again once they've solved the mystery." —Shelf Awareness
"A gripping murder mystery on the surface, but underneath, it is an exploration of identity and grief.... readers will plow through Keep This to Yourself in one sitting." —Kimberly Giarratano, BookPage
"As a thriller, Keep This to Yourself delivers twists and turns aplenty, but its personal elements are just as thrilling and suspenseful." —Quill & Quire
FEBRUARY 2020 - AudioFile
Narrator Michael Crouch delivers an intense performance of a teen thriller that demands the listener's attention until the very end. One year after his best friend, Connor, was the last victim of a serial killer, Mac stumbles upon a clue. Drawn into the search, and with the help of his new, very attractive friend Quill, Connor discovers that the killer couldn’t have been a random drifter. Crouch’s talent for creating distinct voices and conveying a range of ages and genders makes it easy for listeners to know which character is speaking. The tension between characters as they come closer to each other, and closer to learning the identity of the killer, is made visceral by Crouch’s emotional connection to them. A.K.R. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine
Kirkus Reviews
★ 2019-02-13
A year after his friend's murder, a boy finds a clue that propels him to start his own investigation.
Mac lives in Camera Cove, once famous only for its picturesque scenery. That was before the serial killer who murdered four people struck, leaving a clipping from an old catalog on each victim. The police found evidence of a drifter's involvement, but the culprit was never identified. One victim was Connor, Mac's close friend, for whom he harbored secret feelings. Now, the summer after graduation, Mac and his friend group have scattered, most hoping to move on. But without closure, Mac feels stuck until he discovers a note Connor left him the night of his murder. Riddled with guilt, Mac makes it his mission to find out what happened. Under the guise of collecting donations for a rummage sale, he visits the families of each victim, seeking clues. Quill, one victim's cousin, becomes a partner in his investigation—and maybe something more. As Mac works out theories, he uncovers far more than he ever could have imagined, and he's forced to rewrite everything he thought he knew. When the truth finally reveals itself, it's breathtakingly chilling. Set across the lush backdrop of an oceanside vacation town, the mystery unfurls like a thick fog, eerie and wholly immersive. Most characters are assumed white; Quill is biracial (black/white).
A tightly plotted mystery with an unforgettably unnerving reveal. (Mystery. 14-18)
