The Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas

If a book is written by Kara Thomas, I'm going to read it!  I have been waiting an awfully long time for The Cheerleaders and it was definitely worth the wait.  Again, Thomas has given us a story that will keep us guessing to the very end.  Thomas is a master of spinning a dark tale of murder and deceit and making the reader continue to turn the pages in anticipation of what comes next.  I can't wait to see what comes next!

In The Cheerleaders, Monica is a teen girl that is still dealing with the suicide of her older sister, along with the deaths of four of her sister's cheerleading teammates, all coming within a month of each other.  As the five year anniversary closes in, Monica starts to question what has always been the accepted story.  As she continues to dive deeper into exactly what happened to her sister and her friends, the story becomes darker and more mysterious as we start to question who was really responsible.  Just like her previous novels, this one is a highly engaging and enjoyable read!

From Amazon:

"Sharp, brilliantly plotted, and totally engrossing."--KAREN M. MCMANUS, New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying

"A crafty, dark, and disturbing story."--KATHLEEN GLASGOW, New York Times bestselling author of Girl In Pieces

"A little bit Riverdale and a little bit Veronica Mars."--RILEY SAGER, bestselling author of Final Girls

From the author of The Darkest Corners and Little Monsters comes an all-new edge-of-your-seat thriller set in upstate New York about an eerie sequence of seemingly unrelated events that leaves five cheerleaders dead.

There are no more cheerleaders in the town of Sunnybrook.

First there was the car accident--two girls dead after hitting a tree on a rainy night. Not long after, the murders happened. Those two girls were killed by the man next door. The police shot him, so no one will ever know his reasons. Monica's sister was the last cheerleader to die. After her suicide, Sunnybrook High disbanded the cheer squad. No one wanted to be reminded of the girls they'd lost.

That was five years ago. Now the faculty and students at Sunnybrook High want to remember the lost cheerleaders. But for Monica, it's not that easy. She just wants to forget.

Only, Monica's world is starting to unravel. There are the letters in her stepdad's desk, an unearthed, years-old cell phone, a strange new friend at school. . . . Whatever happened five years ago isn't over. Some people in town know more than they're saying. And somehow, Monica is at the center of it all.

There are no more cheerleaders in Sunnybrook, but that doesn't mean anyone else is safe.