This book has the exact addictive nature I hope to find when I pick up a young adult crime novel, a diverse cast of characters (in crime novels such as this which have a large cast of characters I feel this is crucial as to not get confused) that are all flawed while each having qualities that you can't help but feel admiration for, and even though you may suspect different people at different points you still find yourself understanding the complicated lives these characters are living in. The murder itself was unique, the prologue sequence was highly intriguing, but I think the huge step backwards in the timeline of events immediately after did slow down the initial pace of the story for me. However these scenes before the crime took place were overall important, and once the crime had happened the plot was well and truly underway. I would recommend this to any crime fiction fan I know.

A group of criminology students find out just how good their skills really are the hard way, when their school's annual staging of a crime to test their deductive abilities goes horribly awry with the unexpected appearance of a real corpse...

This one will definitely appeal to fans of Holly Jackson and other YA mystery writers. Good fun, and worth checking out if you enjoy the genre! It gets 3.5 stars.

Really good ya mystery, fast paced and enough depth to the characters to make them enjoyable without it taking away from the overall story. Lots of twists and turns and I spent the whole book constantly second guessing myself about who I thought had done it, the ending was fantastic!

I love a good YA book and this one certainly did not disappoint! Once I started I just couldn’t stop reading and finished it in 2 sittings 😂 the plot was fun and twisted with some really quirky characters, a big 5 stars!