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OverviewPeople's Best New Books Pick The Wall Street Journal's Best New Mysteries Fans of Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl will devour this fast-paced story. --InStyle Readers drawn to this compelling psychological thriller because of its shared elements with Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl (2012) will be pleasantly surprised to discover that Mejia's confident storytelling pulls those themes into an altogether different exploration of manipulation and identity. --Booklist (starred review) 2017's Best Fiction Books--Bustle 12 Books Gone Girl Fans Should Have on Their Wish List --BookBub Full of twists and turns, Everything You Want Me to Be reconstructs a year in the life of a dangerously mesmerizing young woman, during which a small town's darkest secrets come to the forefront...and she inches closer and closer to her death. High school senior Hattie Hoffman has spent her whole life playing many parts: the good student, the good daughter, the good citizen. When she's found brutally stabbed to death on the opening night of her high school play, the tragedy rips through the fabric of her small town community. Local sheriff Del Goodman, a family friend of the Hoffmans, vows to find her killer, but trying to solve her murder yields more questions than answers. It seems that Hattie's acting talents ran far beyond the stage. Told from three points of view--Del, Hattie, and the new English teacher whose marriage is crumbling--Everything You Want Me to Be weaves the story of Hattie's last school year and the events that drew her ever closer to her death. Evocative and razor-sharp, Everything You Want Me to Be challenges you to test the lines between innocence and culpability, identity and deception. Does love lead to self-discovery--or destruction? Full Product DetailsAuthor: Mindy MejiaPublisher: Wheeler Publishing Large Print Imprint: Wheeler Publishing Large Print Edition: Large type / large print edition Dimensions: Width: 14.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 21.80cm Weight: 0.599kg ISBN: 9781410499523ISBN 10: 1410499529 Pages: 539 Publication Date: 03 May 2017 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsWhat a wonderful read . . . Challenging and entertaining and very, very difficult to put down. --Bookseller Mindy is a master at keeping you riveted to your seat with an ending that is impossible to predict. Totally believable characters and a great mystery make this a thriller you won't want to miss! --Bookseller Start 2017 with this five star read. --Bookseller SO good. So dark and twisty with such nuanced characters and flexible definitions of good, evil, and passion. --Bookseller What a wonderful read . . . Challenging and entertaining and very, very difficult to put down. --Bookseller Mindy is a master at keeping you riveted to your seat with an ending that is impossible to predict. Totally believable characters and a great mystery make this a thriller you won t want to miss! --Bookseller Start 2017 with this five star read. --Bookseller SO good. So dark and twisty with such nuanced characters and flexible definitions of good, evil, and passion. --Bookseller What a wonderful read . . . Challenging and entertaining and very, very difficult to put down. --Bookseller If you re looking for the next captivating thriller that everyone will be comparing to Gone Girl or The Girl on the Train, this is it! --Bookseller I finished Everything You Want Me to Be well over two weeks ago and have been tongue-tied as to accurately describe just how much I LOVE this book. --Bookseller If you're looking for the next captivating thriller that everyone will be comparing to Gone Girl or The Girl on the Train, this is it! --Bookseller I finished Everything You Want Me to Be well over two weeks ago and have been tongue-tied as to accurately describe just how much I LOVE this book. --Bookseller Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |