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Heartless follows four high‑school girls—Emily, Aria, Hanna, and Spencer—who begin by claiming to have discovered a dead body in the woods behind Spencer’s home. When the body vanishes and the forest is later set aflame, the girls insist they saw a dead person rise from the ashes. Their sensational hoaxes lead to a spiral of lies and danger, eventually forcing the truth to surface and revealing deep family secrets within their school. The novel explores themes of friendship, deceit, and the consequences of living in a world built on lies.
First publish date: 2010
Genre: Suspense/General Suspense
Authors: Sara Shepard
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