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What Have They Done to Liza McLean?
  • Published: 28 October 2025
  • ISBN: 9781761350641
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $24.00

What Have They Done to Liza McLean?

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28 Oct 2025
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28 Oct 2025
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Dark academia meets The Stepford Wives in this new YA mystery thriller from the bestselling author of Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer.

Meg McLean is a scholarship student at the ultra-elite Douglas College. Meg’s younger sister, Liza, is along for the ride, and everything Liza has done since they arrived at the school seems to be putting their chances of success at risk.

Until one day, when Liza’s behaviour is so at odds with her usual temperament that Meg knows something is very, very wrong.

Benedict Hargreaves (the Fourth) is Douglas College’s wealthiest student and perhaps the only one who isn’t influenced by the school and its strict code of conduct. Is he brave enough to help Meg uncover what has happened to her sister? Or is he part of the elusive ‘they’ who seem to be controlling everything – and everyone?


And, when more than one murder takes place, can Meg really trust anyone?

'Boarding school, botany and bodies - this book has it all! Amy Doak’s WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO LIZA MCLEAN? is an absolute banger.' Lili Wilkinson, author of UNHALLOWED HALLS
  • Published: 28 October 2025
  • ISBN: 9781761350641
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $24.00
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About the author

Amy Doak

Amy Doak writes mysteries filled with action, adventure, fun and heart. Her debut Young Adult novel Eleanor Jones is not a Murderer won the 2024 Davitt Award for Best Crime Novel; was a CBCA 2024 notable; and was shortlisted for both the 2024 ABIA Awards Books of the Year for Older Readers, and for the 2024 Davitt Awards Best Debut Crime Novel. She has two more mysteries for teens coming out in 2025.
Amy lives in regional Victoria with her husband, two teenage children, dog, and a very grumpy cat.

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Also by Amy Doak

Eleanor Jones is Playing with Fire
Eleanor Jones Can’t Keep a Secret
Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer
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Praise for What Have They Done to Liza McLean?

A sharp and sinister story, full of dark secrets and dangerous turns, that draws you deep into an elite world to expose the rot beneath.

Margot McGovern, author of THIS STAYS BETWEEN US

A dark, edgy, twisty high school thriller, which will sink its thorns into you, and won’t let go right through to its spooky finale.

Adam Cece, author of THE LOCKED ROOM

Boarding school, botany and bodies - this book has it all! Amy Doak’s What Have They Done to Liza McLean? is an absolute banger.

Lili Wilkinson, author of UNHALLOWED HALLS

A twisty boarding-school mystery dripping with creepy Stepford tension and blooming with swoony romance! Amy Doak absolutely does not miss.

Ellie Marney, New York Times bestselling author of NONE SHALL SLEEP