
Where Sleeping Girls Lie
Square Fish · Print & ebook · April 29, 2025
A Mystery pick for readers exploring Where Sleeping Girls Lie.
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- Who it’s for
- A tense, category-blending read with a sharp mystery pull and a slightly supernatural edge.
- Genres
- YA Mysteries, YA LGBTQ+, Boarding School YA
- Published
- Square Fish, April 29, 2025
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A girl new to boarding school discovers dark secrets after her roommate disappears, in this "beautifully written coming-of-age mystery that should appeal to fans of Tiffany Jackson, Kara Thomas, and Jumata Emill." (Shelf Awareness, starred review) Finalist in the Goodreads Choice Awards! After being home-schooled, Sade Hussein is starting her third year of high school at the prestigious Alfred Nobel Academy boarding school.
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Misfortune has been a constant companion throughout her life, but even she doesn’t expect her new roommate, Elizabeth, to disappear after Sade’s first night. Or for people to think she had something to do with it. With rumors swirling around her, Sade catches the attention of the girls known as the Unholy Trinity. Between learning more about them—especially Persephone, who Sade is inexplicably drawn to—and playing catchup in class, Sade already has so much on her plate. But the police are hardly looking into what happened to Elizabeth, so it's up to her and Elizabeth's best friend, Baz, to investigate. And then a student is found dead. As Sade and Baz try to make sense of it all, she realizes there’s more to Alfred Nobel Academy and its students than she thought. Secrets lurk around every corner and beneath every surface…Secrets that rival even her own.
Sharp-Edged Mystery
A tense, category-blending read with a sharp mystery pull and a slightly supernatural edge.
Come here for
- mystery-forward tension
- edgy YA thriller crosscurrents
Expect
- sustained immersion
- a dark, layered thriller mood
Where it sits
| YA Mysteries | 85% |
|---|---|
| Boarding School YA | 43% |
| YA LGBTQ+ | 34% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA LGBTQ+
- Death & Grief for Teens
- Thrillers & Suspense
- Authors
- Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Natalie Simpson, Macmillan Audio
- Publisher
- Square Fish
- Published
- April 29, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- YA LGBTQ+