This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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First Simon Pulse hardcover edition July 2019
Text copyright © 2019 by Sarah Lyu
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Lyu, Sarah, author. | Title: The best lies / by Sarah Lyu.
Description: First Simon Pulse hardcover edition. | New York : Simon Pulse, 2019. | Summary: Told in alternating timelines, seventeen-year-old Remy Tsai’s boyfriend, Jack, is shot by her best friend, Elise, and while police investigate, Remy probes her memories for the truth of their friendship. |
Identifiers: LCCN 2018037017 (print) | LCCN 2018043026 (eBook) | ISBN 9781481498838 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781481498852 (eBook)
Subjects: | CYAC: Murder—Fiction. | Best friends—Fiction. | Friendship—Fiction. | Dating (Social customs)—Fiction. | Family problems—Fiction. | Honesty—Fiction. | Mystery and detective stories.
Classification: LCC PZ7.1.L99 (eBook) | LCC PZ7.1.L99 Bes 2019 (print) | DDC [Fic]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018037017