Nothing More to Tell by Karen McManus is a fun Young Adult mystery that hooks the reader fast. The mystery hooked me really fast and wanted to know who done it? The set up worked as Brynn pitches the murder to a true crime podcast she wants to intern, but actually pitching it for the reader, and I was sold. We get two perspectives Brynn who moved soon after the murder who wasn’t involved but knows all the suspects and Tripp who might me involved but is definitely covering up something. The twists are through out the book and changed who I thought had done it multiple times and at the end I did not guess who did it? And once you read it you find that is not the only mystery. The pace for this book is so fast I was able to read it pretty quick. The climax was just okay it went off in a direction I wasn’t expecting and it wasn’t the best choice but the final twist was a good one that saves it a little. McManus is so good at these mystery set ups and hooking me. Nothing More to Tell is my third Karen McManus book after I read One of Us is Lying and it’s sequel One of Us is Next. So far she is three for three on giving my recommendation to her books I was happy to get an advanced Reader’s Copy thanks to Netgalley and Random House Children’s, Delacorte Press. Nothing more to Tell is published on August 30 2022.

Plot Summary: Brynn is having to move back to her old home town half through Senior Year. If that wasn’t bad enough her last days of middle school her teacher was murdered, one of her better guy friends Tripp called her a stalker in front of gym class, and days later he was one of the kids that discovered the body. Brynn desperate to get an internship pitches the murder to a true crime podcast called Motive. They like the idea and she starts investigating when she goes back. She finds that Tripp is one of the cool kids and is now linked to two of the other kids that he found the body with. Brynn is not the only one who notices this connection as the detective wants to know why if you didn’t know the other 2 kids so well what reason would you have to lie. Tripp along with Shane and Charlotte the other kids who saw the the body in the woods get anonymous text of Murderer! Byrnn knows something is not right and will risk everything to solve the mystery.

What I Liked: The set up of the murder hooked me so fast I loved it and couldn’t wait to solve it. I liked the community of friends and how they end up helping solve a piece of the mystery. I loved Brynn’s sister Ellie and how she helps solve the mystery. I like how Tripp was written that character deserves to have angst with his two parents. I really enjoyed the mystery and almost all of the plot points( I only had an issue with one but it was a big one). There are some pretty great twists through out that made it very hard to pinpoint the murderer. I liked the LGTBQ representation and the butterflies of prom with that person, it was a very sweet plot point.

What I Disliked: There is a plot point where a character went to great lengths to get out of a bad situation, is ready to not only go bak to the situation but bring others like it was a great thing. This felt so out of character that I had to read it twice none of the narrative pointed to this way and the conversation where they try to convince the other person was not convincing. It didn’t ruin the book but I felt that it hurt the climax a little.

Recommendation: This book has such a wonderful set up that will have you hooked and have to know the answer to who done it? This is fun quick read that despite the books one big flaw it is pretty enjoyable. I rated Nothing More to Tell by Karen McManus 4 out of 5 stars. I ranked the three Karen McManus book I read in order starting at best. 1 One of Us is Lying, 2 Nothing More to Tell, and 3 One of Us is Next.