The Only Survivors
Megan Miranda
(Author)
21,000+ Reviews
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Description
A New York Times BestsellerA LibraryReads Hall of Fame Pick They were nine survivors. Now, a decade later, only seven remain...how long can they keep the promise made that night? Don't miss this "gripping thriller" (CrimeReads) from the Reese Witherspoon Book Club selected and New York Times bestselling author Megan Miranda. A decade ago, two vans filled with high school seniors on a school service trip crashed into a Tennessee ravine--a tragedy that claimed the lives of multiple classmates and teachers. The nine students who managed to escape the river that night were irrevocably changed. A year later, after one of the survivors dies by suicide on the anniversary of the crash, the rest of them make a pact: to come together each year to commemorate that terrible night. To keep one another safe.
To hold one another accountable.
Or both. Their annual meeting place, a house on the Outer Banks, has long been a refuge. But by the tenth anniversary, Cassidy Bent has worked to distance herself from the tragedy and from the other survivors. She's changed her mobile number. She's blocked the others' email addresses. This year, she is determined to finally break ties once and for all. But on the day of the reunion, she receives a text with an obituary attached: another survivor is gone. Now they are seven--and Cassidy finds herself hurling back toward the group, wild with grief--and suspicion. Almost immediately, something feels off this year. Cassidy is the first to notice when Amaya, the annual organizer, slips away, overwhelmed. This wouldn't raise alarm except for the impending storm. Suddenly, they're facing the threat of closed roads and surging waters...again. Then Amaya stops responding to her phone. After all they've been through, she wouldn't willfully make them worry. Would she? And--as they promised long ago--each survivor will do whatever he or she can do to save one another. Won't they? A propulsive and chilling locked-box mystery filled with the dazzling hairpin twists that are the author's signature, The Only Survivors is New York Times bestselling author Megan Miranda's best novel yet.
Product Details
Price
$28.00
$26.04
Publisher
S&s/ Marysue Rucci Books
Publish Date
April 11, 2023
Pages
352
Dimensions
6.34 X 9.3 X 1.15 inches | 1.08 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781668010419
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About the Author
Megan Miranda is the New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls, The Perfect Stranger, The Last House Guest, which was a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick, The Girl from Widow Hills, Such a Quiet Place, The Last to Vanish, and The Only Survivors. She has also written several books for young adults. She grew up in New Jersey, graduated from MIT, and lives in North Carolina with her husband and two children. Follow @MeganLMiranda on X and Instagram, @AuthorMeganMiranda on Facebook, or visit MeganMiranda.com.
Reviews
PRAISE FOR THE LAST TO VANISH "This eerie thriller, in which the setting itself may be actively malevolent, can stand next to Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House and Stephen King's The Shining ... Expect shivers and lots of them."
--Booklist (starred)
PRAISE FOR SUCH A QUIET PLACE "Miranda, who makes the setting, where everyone knows one another and ends up fearing one another, all the more chilling for its seeming normality, is a master of misdirection and sudden plot twists, leading up to a wallop of an ending. A powerful, paranoid thriller." - Booklist (Starred Review) "A claustrophobic and suspenseful whodunit...that ponders the eternal question of how well we really know those closest to us." - BookPage (Starred Review)
PRAISE FOR THE GIRL FROM WIDOW HILLS "Sleepwalking is creepy. You're asleep, but you're walking through the night--like the living dead. I knew when I started The Girl from Widow Hills I was in for some shivers. But I had no idea the terrors that were in store."--R. L. STINE, bestselling author of Goosebumps and Fear Street "A hauntingly atmospheric and gorgeously written page-turner, The Girl from Widow Hills is a deeply thought-provoking, riveting mystery about the complex weight of history and the dangerous power of the lies we tell ourselves."--KIMBERLY McCREIGHT, New York Times bestselling author of Reconstructing Amelia and A Good Marriage
PRAISE FOR THE LAST HOUSE GUEST "The perfect summer thriller . . . with a pace that made my heart race." --Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Time I Lied "Oh boy, does she ever know how to write a twisty-turny ending (or two, or more)." --Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review "A lightning-fast mystery . . . that will have readers on the edge of their seats."--MARY KUBICA, New York Times bestselling author of The Good Girl
"In Miranda's newest, old classmates get together ten years after a tragedy, but when one of them disappears, it calls into question everything the group thought it had already reckoned with. Miranda always delivers a gripping thriller."
--CrimeReads
"It would be hard to concoct a more promisingly sinister setting [that] affords plenty of hiding places for predators and plenty of opportunities for the weather itself to turn villainous. Miranda uses this setting to maximum effect, both as a plot device and as a way to inject steady droplets of terror into the narrative. Masterfully suspenseful."
--Booklist (Starred Review)
"A heart-pumping thriller... Set in the Outer Banks and full of Miranda's signature 'it could happen to you so easily' tone, this one promises to have you sleeping with the lights on."
--ScaryMommy
"Author of heartstopping titles like Such a Quiet Place and The Last to Vanish, Megan Miranda continues to shock readers with her latest lock-box mystery, The Only Survivors."
--PopSugar "One of the industry's most gripping voices in the thriller genre is back with another mystery that will keep you up well past your bedtime."
--E! News: 12 Books to Add To Your Reading List in April "In Miranda's newest, old classmates get together ten years after a tragedy, but when one of them disappears, it calls into question everything the group thought it had already reckoned with. Miranda always delivers a gripping thriller."
--CrimeReads
"Fans of Miranda's previous works won't be surprised by her skillful timing of twists and turns, but even longtime readers will appreciate just how tautly plotted this thriller is. She doesn't just employ the use of alternate timelines and perspectives; she breaks the mold entirely, using mirrored settings, dynamics and secrets to both expose the errors of her characters' past and highlight the effects of the allegiances they've formed. The result is a masterwork of craft artistry, so clever that you could almost read it twice--once for the plot and once to appreciate the technical acuity of its author. There's always a tendency with writers of Megan Miranda's caliber--those who never disappoint, never stagnate, never let you down--for readers to say that each new novel is their best yet. However, in the case of THE ONLY SURVIVORS, that statement is truer than ever."
--BookReporter
--Booklist (starred)
PRAISE FOR SUCH A QUIET PLACE "Miranda, who makes the setting, where everyone knows one another and ends up fearing one another, all the more chilling for its seeming normality, is a master of misdirection and sudden plot twists, leading up to a wallop of an ending. A powerful, paranoid thriller." - Booklist (Starred Review) "A claustrophobic and suspenseful whodunit...that ponders the eternal question of how well we really know those closest to us." - BookPage (Starred Review)
PRAISE FOR THE GIRL FROM WIDOW HILLS "Sleepwalking is creepy. You're asleep, but you're walking through the night--like the living dead. I knew when I started The Girl from Widow Hills I was in for some shivers. But I had no idea the terrors that were in store."--R. L. STINE, bestselling author of Goosebumps and Fear Street "A hauntingly atmospheric and gorgeously written page-turner, The Girl from Widow Hills is a deeply thought-provoking, riveting mystery about the complex weight of history and the dangerous power of the lies we tell ourselves."--KIMBERLY McCREIGHT, New York Times bestselling author of Reconstructing Amelia and A Good Marriage
PRAISE FOR THE LAST HOUSE GUEST "The perfect summer thriller . . . with a pace that made my heart race." --Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Time I Lied "Oh boy, does she ever know how to write a twisty-turny ending (or two, or more)." --Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review "A lightning-fast mystery . . . that will have readers on the edge of their seats."--MARY KUBICA, New York Times bestselling author of The Good Girl
"In Miranda's newest, old classmates get together ten years after a tragedy, but when one of them disappears, it calls into question everything the group thought it had already reckoned with. Miranda always delivers a gripping thriller."
--CrimeReads
"It would be hard to concoct a more promisingly sinister setting [that] affords plenty of hiding places for predators and plenty of opportunities for the weather itself to turn villainous. Miranda uses this setting to maximum effect, both as a plot device and as a way to inject steady droplets of terror into the narrative. Masterfully suspenseful."
--Booklist (Starred Review)
"A heart-pumping thriller... Set in the Outer Banks and full of Miranda's signature 'it could happen to you so easily' tone, this one promises to have you sleeping with the lights on."
--ScaryMommy
"Author of heartstopping titles like Such a Quiet Place and The Last to Vanish, Megan Miranda continues to shock readers with her latest lock-box mystery, The Only Survivors."
--PopSugar "One of the industry's most gripping voices in the thriller genre is back with another mystery that will keep you up well past your bedtime."
--E! News: 12 Books to Add To Your Reading List in April "In Miranda's newest, old classmates get together ten years after a tragedy, but when one of them disappears, it calls into question everything the group thought it had already reckoned with. Miranda always delivers a gripping thriller."
--CrimeReads
"Fans of Miranda's previous works won't be surprised by her skillful timing of twists and turns, but even longtime readers will appreciate just how tautly plotted this thriller is. She doesn't just employ the use of alternate timelines and perspectives; she breaks the mold entirely, using mirrored settings, dynamics and secrets to both expose the errors of her characters' past and highlight the effects of the allegiances they've formed. The result is a masterwork of craft artistry, so clever that you could almost read it twice--once for the plot and once to appreciate the technical acuity of its author. There's always a tendency with writers of Megan Miranda's caliber--those who never disappoint, never stagnate, never let you down--for readers to say that each new novel is their best yet. However, in the case of THE ONLY SURVIVORS, that statement is truer than ever."
--BookReporter
