{"id":4781,"date":"2021-10-14T16:44:08","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T16:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/?p=4781"},"modified":"2021-10-14T16:44:08","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T16:44:08","slug":"one-of-us-is-lying-by-karen-mcmanus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/one-of-us-is-lying-by-karen-mcmanus\/","title":{"rendered":"<b>One of Us is Lying<\/b> by Karen McManus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"float: left; padding-right: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/58679358-one-of-us-is-lying\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1632078539l\/58679358._SX98_.jpg\" alt=\"One of Us Is Lying\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/58679358-one-of-us-is-lying\">One of Us Is Lying<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/15127507.Karen_M_McManus\">Karen M. McManus<\/a><br \/>\nMy rating: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/4288089488\">3 of 5 stars<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I added this book to my to-read list when I saw it ranked #2 on a recent Goodreads mystery poll. I&#8217;d never heard of McManus and didn&#8217;t know she wrote exclusively Young Adult (YA) novels, i.e. books for teens. So I was taken aback when I began reading and was inundated with teens mooning and swooning over cute dimples and short skirts and obsessing over pimples and bad hair. I suppressed my gag reflex long enough to become engaged with the mystery at the heart of the plot. It&#8217;s actually rather well done. I did guess who the killer was before the end, but there were enough red herrings to keep it interesting. I can&#8217;t really recommend this to to adult readers, but we were all teenagers once, so if you allow yourself to put yourself back in that mindset and just go with it, you can enjoy the book.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/list\/12975428-russell-atkinson\">View all my reviews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus My rating: 3 of 5 stars I added this book to my to-read list when I saw it ranked #2 on a recent Goodreads mystery poll. I&#8217;d never heard of McManus and didn&#8217;t know she wrote exclusively Young Adult (YA) novels, i.e. books for teens. 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