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The Lying Game

Sara Shepard (2010)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Standard (250-400))
SeriesThe Lying Game #1
Setting
CSM age13
Goodreads3.89
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Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentMild
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

MurderDeathGriefDeceptionHidden Identity

Positive tags

MysteryHigh AngstSibling Bond

Heroine archetypes

Hidden IdentityDetective / Investigator

Protagonist archetypes

Ghost / Undead ProtagonistDuo / Partners

Tropes

Hidden IdentityUnreliable NarratorFish out of WaterHaunted Location

Themes

IdentityFamily SecretsTruth vs DeceptionJusticeGriefDualityMemory

Synopsis

Seventeen-year-old Emma Paxton steps into the life of her long-lost twin Sutton to solve her murder, while Sutton looks on from her afterlife.

Tags

MysteryThrillerContemporaryParanormal