A New York Times Bestseller
A 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? Donât miss this âgripping thrillerâ (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 ravineâa 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. Sheâs changed her mobile number. Sheâs blocked the othersâ 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 sevenâand Cassidy finds herself hurling back toward the group, wild with griefâand suspicion.
Almost immediately, something feels off this year. Cassidy is the first to notice when Amaya, the annual organizer, slips away, overwhelmed. This wouldnât raise alarm except for the impending storm. Suddenly, theyâre facing the threat of closed roads and surging watersâŠagain. Then Amaya stops responding to her phone. After all theyâve been through, she wouldnât willfully make them worry. Would she?
Andâas they promised long agoâeach survivor will do whatever he or she can do to save one another. Wonât they?
A propulsive and chilling locked-box mystery filled with the dazzling hairpin twists that are the authorâs signature, The Only Survivors is New York Times bestselling author Megan Mirandaâs best novel yet.