NO BEAUTIES OR MONSTERS
ONE DESERT TOWN.
MANY DISAPPEARANCES.
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For fans of Stranger Things and Veronica Mars comes an all-new, hair-raising mystery about a girl whose desperate search for her missing friend unearths dark secrets, preternatural threats, and a truth that could ultimately tear her family, friends, and town apart.
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Welcome to Twentynine Palms, where nothing is what it seems.
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"RIVETING." The Bulletin
"EERIE AND IMAGINATIVE." Kirkus
"AN UNSETTLING GENRE-BENDER." Publishers Weekly
A desert full of mystery. A girl who sees things she shouldn’t. Desperate to unlock the secrets of Twentynine Palms, I raced through this book!
Erin Craig, New York Times bestselling author of House of Salt and Sorrows
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A mind-bending and atmospheric mystery that kept me turning pages long into the night.
Kara Thomas, author of The Cheerleaders and That Weekend
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Sears with uncanny malice from the very first page—and then quickly explodes into a blistering fever dream. Insidiously beautiful.
Krystal Sutherland, New York Times bestselling author of House of Hollow
Wholly engrossing—I couldn't read it fast enough!
Kayla Olson, author of The Sandcastle Empire and This Splintered Silence
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A feast of mystery and intrigue, No Beauties or Monsters explores the way in which our lives twine around infinite possibilities. To read it is to be caught between a dream and a nightmare.
Parker Peevyhouse, author of Strange Exit and The Echo Room
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Brilliantly plotted, atmospheric and taut.
Marit Weisenberg, author of The Insomniacs
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Like its Mojave Desert setting, No Beauties or Monsters is mysterious, bizarre, and utterly unique... Tense from the startling first chapter until the puzzle pieces finally—chillingly—fall into place.
Chelsea Sedoti, author of The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett and As You Wish
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An eerie and unforgettable read with all the strange, pale beauty of a desert sunset. I loved [it].
Kate Williams, author of The Babysitters Coven series
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