I sidestep him and make my way into the kitchen. I close and lock the front door behind me. My brother has soccer on Wednesday evenings, so the house is empty when Rachel drops me off after practice. The locked drawer in Tom’s desk has been haunting my thoughts. The Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas, $18, Amazon Excerpt In the exclusive excerpt below, Monica follows a gut instinct to explore the office of her stepdad, Tom, and discovers something truly shocking:
I was struck not only by the horror that the cheerleaders of Dryden endured, but by their spirit of survival and refusal to let the terrible crimes define them." Jean Carroll’s piece about the town of Dryden, New York, which for years was plagued by a series of mysteries deaths and devastating crimes. "The idea for The Cheerleaders came to me when I read E. "As a true crime addict, my books are often inspired by real-life cases," author Kara Thomas tells Bustle. Want to hear something even more horrifying? The book is actually loosely inspired by a true story. But when she starts digging into her sister's past for clues about why she did it, she discovers that maybe her death - and the death of the other cheerleaders - isn't as straightforward as she originally thought. No one wants to be reminded of everything the town lost all those years ago - especially not Monica Rayburn, Jen's little sister. Finally, the squad's golden girl, Jen Rayburn, died by suicide. Then, two more cheerleaders were brutally murdered during a sleepover. First, there were the two girls that died in the mysterious, tragic car accident. Here's what you need to know: Sunnybrook seems like the idyllic New York town - except for one, tiny thing: five years ago, five cheerleaders all died over the course of a few weeks. The book won't be available until July 31, but Bustle has an exclusive sneak peek below.
Luckily, The Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas delivers on both. Summer is the perfect time to sink your teeth into a twisted tale about high school drama and murder.
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