These Deadly Games
In this YA psychological thriller, a girl receives a message from an anonymous source who says she has 24 hours to play a game by their rules, or they'll kill her sister. When she realizes that playing the game means destroying—or killing—her friends, she must figure out a way to beat the kidnapper at their own game, before she loses everything.
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Early Acclaim for These Deadly Games
“Non-stop, addictive, and utterly compelling. These Deadly Games hooked me from minute one, and didn’t let me go until its smart, twisty conclusion. When I wasn’t reading it, I was thinking about it.”
—Amie Kaufman, New York Times bestselling author of Illuminae and Aurora Rising
“I read this so fast with my heart so fully in my throat it felt jarring to come back to the real world. These Deadly Games is a thrill of a ride that’ll keep you guessing on the edge of your seat to the very end.”
—Emma Lord, New York Times bestselling author of You Have a Match
“Diana Urban has done it again! From the very first pages of These Deadly Games, the tension begins to build, and Urban deftly navigates the puzzle-filled plot toward a truly satisfying conclusion I didn’t see coming. Readers will race to the end, guessing along with Crystal as she faces one impossible challenge after another, in a race against time to save her sister. The stakes are enormous, the twists are shocking, and These Deadly Games is as thrilling as it gets!”
—Tom Ryan, award-winning author of Keep This To Yourself
“A propulsive mystery with high stakes and devious, masterful twists that will leave you guessing until the very last page. Diana Urban’s latest had my jaw on the floor.”
—Jessica Goodman, bestselling author of They Wish They Were Us
“Ten points for twisted. Ten points for razor sharp. Bonus points for addictive. These Deadly Games is an expertly plotted, spine-chilling read that’s wickedly suspenseful and shockingly relatable. Trust me, you’ve never played a game this devious, clever, or full of hairpin turn surprises. Urban elevates the YA thriller with her astute insights into friendship, guilt, and the secrets we compulsively keep…”
—Rebecca Hanover, New York Times bestselling author of The Similars
“An edge-of-your-seat thriller, full of complex friendships, malice, and impossible choices, These Deadly Games is even darker, more shocking and addictive than All Your Twisted Secrets. Once again, Diana Urban doesn’t hesitate to terrorize her characters — and her readers!”
—Alyssa Raymond, bookseller at Copper Dog Books
If she doesn’t play their game, her sister will die…
Let’s play a game.
You have 24 hours to win. If you break my rules, she dies. If you call the police, she dies. If you tell your parents or anyone else, she dies.
Are you ready?
When Crystal Donavan gets a message on a mysterious app with a video of her little sister gagged and bound, she agrees to play the kidnapper’s game. At first, they make her complete bizarre tasks: steal a test and stuff it in a locker, bake brownies, make a prank call.
But then Crystal realizes each task is meant to hurt—and kill—her friends, one by one. But if she refuses to play, the kidnapper will kill her sister. Is someone trying to take her team out of the running for a gaming tournament? Or have they uncovered a secret from their past, and wants them to pay for what they did…
As Crystal makes the impossible choices between her friends and her sister, she must uncover the truth and find a way to outplay the kidnapper… before it’s too late.
Content Advisory: This book contains themes and/or mentions of death, panic attacks, and eating disorders.
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