A high school girl, working as a intern for a true crime podcast, works on solving the murder of her high school teacher four years ago. While she is at it, she uncovers lots of secrets that keep the truth from coming out and makes peace with who she is. She is a smart, likeable character with friends and family that are also relatable

Pros: This book reminded me of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder and Veronica Mars—both of which are very good things! It is a fast-paced, murder mystery set at a prestigious high school, and the main character interns at a true crime show. I thought I had the murderer figured out early in the book—but I was wrong—which made me like the book even more. I am hoping this ends up being the first in a series.

Cons: None really—I think this book is great for the YA mystery/thriller genre. My star rating isn’t a reflection on anything the book does wrong—I just save higher ratings for more literary books.

3.5 stars

Thank you to NetGalley and Random House Children’s, Delacorte Press for the opportunity to read this book.

Brynn left Saint Ambrose School 4 years ago following a devastating event. Her favorite teacher was murdered! The killer was never found and now Brynn is starting an internship at a true-crime show and wants to finally solve this case. As she digs into the past events she is finding more and more reasons to doubt the stories told by the students who found Mr. Larkin on that tragic day.

Having read some of Karen McManus books in the past, I was expecting something great and I found it! NOTHING MORE TO TELL is an excellent mystery in the YA genre. I have to say that YA is not my typical favorite genre but I have thoroughly enjoyed all of the Karen McManus books that I have read so far!

Many thanks to NetGalley and Delacorte Press for my ARC in exchange for my honest review.

This review will be posted to my Instagram Blog (@coffee.break.book.reviews) in the near future.

I love her books! So much creepy good fun! I rarely read YA but always make an exception! Full of drama, action with a side order of murder and you have a terrifically balanced novel! Delicious twists and turns and an edge of your seat ending! Thank you so much!

McManus brings back her standard teenagers + murder mystery + secrets writing style once again in NOTHING MORE TO TELL. I picked and set aside this
book more than twice, might be because I got a little too familiar with this sub-genre. But I was also intrigued to read what Karen had written. because she successfully delivers what we colloquially call in India a pakka entertainment. I wasn't disappointed on that front! It was like watching a movie; fast paced page-
turning plot. In this RIVERDALE era, I didn't care much if high school students really were this dark and twisted. Its interesting that with altering povs slowly disclosing the secret surrounding Saint Ambrose
School and the murder of Mr. Larkin, NMTT isn't fresh on the twisty murder mystery front, but it sure provides a diversion from monotonous reality with it's consuming plot.

Thank you Delacorte Press via Netgalley for the eARC.

Fans of Veronica Mars and A Good Girl's Guide to Murder will love Nothing More to Tell!

When her dad's job gets relocated, Brynn, a high school senior, returns to her former hometown in Massachusetts. Having a lot more free time, she applies for an internship at a true crime show and pitches the idea of digging into the unsolved murder of her favorite teacher. Of course, poking into the past shakes up the present as Brynn begins to investigate what really happened in the woods four years ago. The story is also told from her ex-best friend Tripp's perspective, in both the past and present, as he shares his side of the events that happened while also hoping to get a second chance with Brynn.

This is hands down my favorite book by this author. I was hooked after the first chapter and loved the fast-pace and gripping premise. There were so many twists and turns, which really threw me off when trying to figure out the big reveal. I was a big fan of the cast of characters in this academic setting and loved how McManus weaved together multiple storylines that were complex but also easy to follow. Also, there's mention of the other McManus books (One of Us is Lying and You'll Be the Death of Me) throughout the story when they talk about the well-known teen true crimes. I loved that!!

The one reason this is not a five star read for me is that there is one scene at the end that I just did not think was necessary. I think the story would have been just as great without it and it seemed a tad out of the blue.


Read if you like:
-YA crime fiction
-High school setting
-Diverse cast of characters
-Satisfying endings

Thank you Random House Children's and NetGalley for a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review

You know when you see something on "Read Now" that you absolutely know shouldn't be so you race your little fingers as fast as you can on over to hit the button 3904839483290 times to make sure it goes through?

Yes, that was me.

When I saw Nothing More to Tell, pop up on "read now" I knew it had to be an error but I was going to 100 percent take advantage of the fact that Netgalley had just put literary gold in my finger tips.

I loved this book, did you hear me? I LOVED THIS BOOK!!!!!

Karen M. McManus, has made quite the name for herself and its not as though she doesn't deserve it. This woman is an absolute genius and just about everything she writes is worth obsessing over.

McManus' style of writing is impeccable. Every story is detailed, twisted and perfectly narrated. I can not rave more about Nothing More to Tell. All I can say is, head on over to Amazon or where ever you buy books from and make sure you pre-order. You do not want to miss this.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙢 #1 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙔𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙏𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙐𝙨 𝙄𝙨 𝙇𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙖 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙥𝙖𝙜𝙚-𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙮. 𝘽𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚 . . . 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙧.

🏫 Let me start by apologizing because this doesn’t release until later this year and you’ll probably have to wait 😆 but holy crap this is by far my favorite book by this author. I’ve read four of hers so far and none of them have impacted me the way this one has. I haven’t had as much fun with a YA thriller in such a long time. It was so good, this author has such a great technique at grabbing the reader’s attention and not letting it go.

🤫 These characters were just superb and so interesting. I enjoyed following Brynn and Tripp and found them to be so fascinating. I enjoyed the mystery and these two reuniting after not seeing each other for a while. I found Tripp to be so relatable and therefore I felt an attachment towards him. Karen M McManus always does a great job with her characters, but the development in this one was just above and beyond!

🏫 If you love a good dark academia setting then this is something you’ll enjoy, honestly, anything by this author would be a good read. I definitely think Tripp and Brynn were the most interesting and likable characters this author has ever written. The only reason this one took me a while to finish was that I have a hard time with e-books, but it has nothing to do with the story itself because that aspect was amazing. You should definitely put this on your TBR and “patiently” wait for its release!

✨Thank you @netgalley and @delacortepress for the e-ARC in exchange for my honest review✨

I've read all of the author's books, and they never disappoint. The plotting is clever so you never quite know who to trust or how all the clues and details will tie together, but they always do. Another solid mystery.

This may be my favorite Karen McManus book yet. The pacing is great, and the mystery is intricate and well-plotted. The two main POV characters, Brynn and Tripp, are written with distinct voices and given equal footing in solving the many unanswered questions, right up to the nice twist at the end when everything comes together (and leaves a nice opening for a possible sequel, which is good, because I was left wanting more). The supporting teen characters are strong as well, and the adults are realistically flawed, absent by design in ways that fit with the story and make sense with the struggles of their respective children. McManus fans will find plenty of reasons to keep reading, and I'm certain this book will resonate with many new readers, as well.

She's done it again. Another great light thriller full of twists and turns. Even when you think you know how it all turns out you have no idea! It's hard to live up to your reputation after a hit that gets turned into a Hulu show, but Nothing More to Tell does not disappoint!

This is my second McManus book and I absolutely love her writing! She’s very good with twisty-turny stories that pull you in. I thought the dual POV worked well for the story and I liked the few flashbacks we got with Tripp. I thought Brynn was a really likable main character and I liked her and Tripps friendship growth. I loved the inclusion of true crime reporting and thought this way of a teen investigator worked pretty well and didn’t seem unbelievable like some YA thrillers can get. The ending was satisfying in a way that you eat a good dinner but then there’s no dessert and you were really hoping for a really big slice of cake. You’re full but you want more. That being said, I really enjoyed this story and thought the second half was really good and it really held my attention to find out what was going to happen. Nothing More to Tell comes out on August 30th, and I would definitely recommend it to those who like mystery/thriller books!

I started this and was in love with the true crime internship and Brynn wanting to solve the shocking murder of her favorite eighth grade teacher. Except the story stalled as Brynn started her last semester of high school at Saint Ambrose and slowly befriends her past best friend Tripp. Tripp was an unlikable second narrator since the only activity he seemed to do was drown his sorrows in alcohol. The first clue pertaining to the murder didn't present itself until well over halfway through the book which further dulled my attention. I was disappointed that this was more of a high school drama mixed with a no chemistry romance instead of a murder mystery, so it seems like McManus's books just aren't my cup of tea. Thank you NetGalley for an ARC.

Karen McManus has become one of my favorite mystery writers. The twists she puts in her stories keep me guessing which make her books hard to put down. In this book, Brynn is returning to a town that she and her family left four years earlier. She isn't happy to be returning after an incident happened that she is still trying to forget but Brynn is determined to put it behind her. Brynn is reconnecting with old friends and has just landed a dream job as an intern for a true crime show, Motive. A tragic murder that happened just before she left town four years ago is now a cold case and Brynn wants to use her new internship to work to solve that case. Brynn will soon learn that things are not always as they seem and, as secrets are revealed, the mystery of what happened starts to unravel. Thank you to the author, publisher and NetGalley for providing me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

The premise of Nothing More to Tell immediately felt like something more conceivable as a vehicle to tell a murder mystery involving teenagers. There’s still the standard McManus (and to be honest, probably a genre standard at this point) rotating perspectives, but this time only split between two characters. And if you are keeping track of her trademark Too Trendy Names, this time around we are working with Brynn and Tripp so…..yeah. McManus strikes again! I could have sworn at the outset that she’d actually done Brynn already, but no, I was just thinking of Bronwyn (lol) from One of Us Is Lying.

There’s a few flashes to scenes from the past around the time their teacher at Saint Ambrose, Mr. Larkin, was found dead in the woods behind the school by Tripp and two other kids in middle school. But for the most part we get the exposition either as narration or through Brynn’s investigation of the cold case murder as an intern for a true crime show, Motive. Structuring the plot this way was a smart move, as my biggest complaint with McManus’s last book was how much of my disbelief had to be suspended for even a fraction of the situations those kids found themselves in to be plausible. Here, Brynn had access to police files and investigative tools, not to mention an excuse to pursue the case with gusto, that didn’t rely on happenstance to uncover major twists.

As for my enjoyment of the book, I think I appreciated the mechanics of it more than I really loved reading it. Like, I wasn’t frantically flipping through the pages, but I did keep picking it back up. I also think this could be the potential launching pad for McManus’s next series or spin-offs once One of Us Is Back rounds off that trilogy next year. If that’s not the case, I’ll probably bump my rating down a level because many of the threads she left dangling would have been done unintentionally. Though as of now it just feels like a dozen red herrings were stuffed into a story and then promptly abandoned once they no longer served it.

Speaking of, I cannot get over how abrupt the final climax was. I thought You’ll Be the Death of Me was rushed, but this??? I can’t go beyond that it started out of nowhere and ended minutes later with all the fanfare of a speed bump without getting into spoilers, but just know I had to put my kindle down to laugh alone in my room for several more minutes before I could start again. But this didn’t impact the plot as much as you’d expect; there’s an epilogue twist that is the main reason I suspect a follow-up to this one that I actually think could be really interesting if done well. So I guess we’ll see.

But truthfully I do not keep coming back to these books because I am expecting ingenious plot devices and mind-blowing twists. I am here exclusively for the consistent readability and the scratchy-face covers. And despite not reaching the level of a couple of her earlier novels, McManus delivers on both of those things here as well.

Read this in one day! Karen did it again with another YA thriller that kept me guessing the entire book! One of my favorites by her!

I am becoming such a big Karen McManus fan! This was the second book of hers that I have read and I could not put it down. I really enjoyed the different timelines that brought this book together as well as the different points of view. It keep me interested until the very end of the book and I was not expecting the ending at all! I was very excited to add this book to my list and am now working my way through her backlist!

Overall I really enjoyed the family dynamics in this book as well as the how to get away with murder vibes I was feeling from Brynn. This book is very fast paced and takes a lot of unexpected turns. Truly a wild ride!

I'm not the biggest fan of YA based stories. That being said, this one just takes place in that world and there isn't much that makes you roll your eyes at young adult antics and drama, which is usually what happens for me. This was very intense, with so many twists and turns in the last half that leave you breathless - sure that you have it finally figured out, only to have the rug pulled out from under you with each aha!! moment. I don't this I've read a Karen McManus venture before, but I'm sure going to search out some more!!

I just love Karen McManus's YA thrillers! And Nothing More to Tell is another hit!

McManus does an incredible job of weaving intricate storylines throughout the novel, making it complex but still entertaining and easy to follow. She does great with including twists throughout, which keep readers guessing. But, unlike a lot of thriller writers, McManus does her twists in a way that makes sense and isn't solely for shock value.

I enjoyed the plot and characters, but had to dock a star because I felt the conclusion didn't wrap up as fully as I would have liked. I'm not sure if it was planned that way, or ifaybe we could be seeing a sequel in the future. It wasn't disappointing by any means, but I just wanted a little more solidity.

Even though I’m in my 30s, I’m a fan of YA thriller when it’s done right. I like when a book can suck me in & keep me interested, regardless of the characters age. Unfortunately, this one felt a little too YA for me and I couldn’t really connect with any of the characters.

I liked Karen McManus’ writing style and the way she kept you flipping through the pages wanting to know what’s next. But this one seemed a little too YA for me. I found a lot of similarities in Brynn & Pip from AGGGTM, which I liked. But I couldn’t connect with this one like I wanted to. All in all, for me, this one was just ok. 3⭐️s

A huge thank you to Netgalley, Random House, & Karen McManus for this e-arc. Check out Nothing More to Tell on its pub date 8/30!