ashley_dang096 's review for:

Nothing More to Tell by Karen M. McManus

5.0

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An unsolved murder of a teacher, an ex best friend who was there when the body was discovered, and a true crime intern who is hell bent on solving the case. Brynn left Saint Ambrose School four years ago after the murder of her favorite teacher, who was found by her ex-best friend Tripp and two other popular students Shane and Charlotte. When applying for her dream internship for a true-crime show she pitches the case, and to her surprise she gets it. Now that Brynn is moving back to her old school she’s determined to find out what really happened. The facts of the case are this: Tripp, Shane, and Charlotte found Mr. Larkin’s body in the woods while they were working on a science project, Shane had found the bloodied rock thus why his fingerprints were on it, they heard yelling and found the body, and the police summed it up as being a drifter who had killed him. Brynn knows thats not the truth and in order to get the truth she’ll have to reconnect with the one person who humiliated and hurt her, her ex best-friend Tripp who has suddenly become best friends with Shane and Charlotte. The more time Brynn spends with Tripp the more she realizes that he is hiding something and covering for someone, and that there was more to the events that lead to the end of their friendship and despite how popular he might seem and how cold he is, Tripp actually does still care about her. Tripp has been reeling from the events of finding Mr. Larkins body and he is crumbling, under the pressure of his family situation, of his crush and ex-best friend Brynn who is suddenly back in town and spending time with her, and the fact that she is looking into the murder of Mr. Larkin. The more Brynn digs into the case the more she is starting to realize that Mr. Larkin wasn’t as good and innocent as he seems and someone out there is determined to keep the case shut. Family secrets, romance, mystery, and friendship all come together in this book ( as well as a little name drop of our favorite Bayview Four group). I absolutely had a blast reading this, I’ve always enjoyed Karen M. McManus’s books and this one really focuses on the mystery aspect and friendship between Tripp and Brynn. I would definitely recommend this for fans of mystery and true crime shows, it’s fun and its got a little hint of romance too!

*Thanks Netgalley and Random House Children's, Delacorte Press for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*