Now She's Dead
  • Published: 12 August 2025
  • ISBN: 9781464223488
  • Imprint: Sourcebooks Fire
  • Format: Paperback
  • RRP: $26.00

Now She's Dead

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An intense friendship ends in murder in this chilling YA debut. Last summer, Sara Ellis was found dead. Her friend Mandy is the only one who knows what really happened to Sara, and this summer, she’s desperate to keep it a secret.

Last summer, Sara Ellis was found dead by the lake, and only Mandy knows what really happened.

This summer, she's desperate to keep it a secret.

For a few weeks every summer, Sara was Mandy's best friend. At Highmark, the lake resort where their families vacationed, the two were in a world of their own. Or at least Mandy got to be part of Sara's world.

But now Sara's dead. The police ruled her death an accident; a tragic mistake after a night of impaired judgment. For the past year, Mandy's coped by escaping: leaving home and barely keeping it together at school. The last thing she wants to do is return to Highmark this summer—even if she does need "closure." As soon as she's back, though, she hears the whispers: someone killed Sara Ellis.

And if she's not careful, they'll figure out it's all her fault.

As evidence resurfaces and anonymous accusations are scrawled in angry red spray paint, Mandy must confront the truths she's been avoiding about last summer. Because someone wants to make her pay for what happened to Sara that night.
  • Published: 12 August 2025
  • ISBN: 9781464223488
  • Imprint: Sourcebooks Fire
  • Format: Paperback
  • RRP: $26.00
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About the author

Roselyn Clarke

ROSELYN CLARKE loves to write about the things that haunt us—relationships, mistakes, monsters. She majored in psychology and lives in the D.C. area, where she works in communications. When she’s not writing, she’s buying plants that will probably die or plotting elaborate “someday travel.” Now She’s Dead is her first novel.

Praise for Now She's Dead

A twisty yet gut-wrenching examination of friendship and loss that will have readers peeling back layer after intricately plotted layer until the final shocking reveal. A stunning debut!

Chelsea Ichaso, author of Dead Girls Can't Tell Secrets and We Were Warned

Clarke’s thriller needs to come with a warning: will cause lack of sleep. Deliciously bingeable, it’s rife with twists and a cast of compelling characters making truly terrible choices that are oh so fun to read.

Jenni Howell, author of Boys with Sharp Teeth

Get ready! This book will keep you guessing right up until the end and having no idea who to trust. An amazing debut from an exciting new voice with an isolated setting, dual timelines, and toxic friendships that end up in more than tears. Lock off your afternoon; you'll want to read this in one sitting.

Paula Gleeson, author of Original Twin