
The Scammer
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · October 7, 2025
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- Who it’s for
- If you want a sharp, unsettling YA thriller, this one leans hard into the unease.
- Genres
- YA Crime Thrillers, YA Mysteries, College & Uni YA
- Published
- HarperCollins, October 7, 2025
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New York Times bestselling author Tiffany D. Jackson delivers another stunning, ripped-from-the-headlines thriller, following a freshman girl whose college life is turned upside down when her roommate’s ex-convict brother moves into their dorm and starts controlling their every move. Out from under her overprotective parents, Jordyn is ready to kill it in prelaw at a prestigious, historically Black university in Washington DC.
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When her new roommate’s brother is released from prison, the last thing Jordyn expects is to come home and find the ex-convict on their dorm room sofa. But Devonte needs a place to stay while he gets back on his feet—and how could she say no to one of her new best friends? Devonte is older, as charming as he is intelligent, pushing every student he meets to make better choices about their young lives. But Jordyn senses something sinister beneath his friendly advice and growing group of followers. When one of Jordyn’s roommates goes missing, she must enlist the help of the university’s lone white student to uncover the mystery—or become trapped at the center of a web of lies more tangled than she can imagine.
Sharp Unease
If you want a sharp, unsettling YA thriller, this one leans hard into the unease.
Come here for
- YA crime-thriller tension
- psychological edge, layered enough to linger
Expect
- crime-thriller pacing
- psychological pressure over tidy answers
Where it sits
| YA Mysteries | 52% |
|---|---|
| YA Crime Thrillers | 40% |
| College & Uni YA | 28% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Crime & Law
- YA Mysteries
- African American YA
- Contemporary YA Romance
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- College & Uni YA
- Friendship for Teens
- Peer Pressure for Teens
- Violence & Trauma
- Authors
- Tiffany D. Jackson, January LaVoy, Quill Tree Books
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- October 7, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- YA Crime & Law