<b><b>Five friends. Only one can survive the Neverworld Wake. Who would you choose?</b> <p><b>From the acclaimed </b><b><i>New York Times</i></b><b> bestselling author of </b><b><i>Special Topics in Calamity Physics</i></b><b> and </b><b><i>Night Film</i></b><b> comes an absorbing psychological suspense thriller in which fears are physical and memories come alive.</b> <p><b>"A thriller that will grip readers from the start." --Hypable</b></b> <p>Once upon a time, back at Darrow-Harker School, Beatrice Hartley and her five best friends were the cool kids, the beautiful ones. Then the shocking death of Jim--their creative genius and Beatrice's boyfriend--changed everything. <p>One year after graduation, Beatrice is returning to Wincroft--the seaside estate where they spent so many nights sharing secrets, crushes, plans to change the world--hoping she'll get to the bottom of the dark questions gnawing at her about Jim's death. <p>But as the night plays out in a haze of stilted jokes and unfathomable silence, Beatrice senses she's never going to know what really happened. <p>Then a mysterious man knocks on the door. Blithely, he announces the impossible: time for them has become stuck, snagged on a splinter that can only be removed if the former friends make the harshest of decisions. <p>Now Beatrice has one last shot at answers . . . and at life. <p>And so begins the Neverworld Wake. <p><b>A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year</b> <p>"<b>Beautifully creepy</b>. . . . A mystery within a mystery." --<i>The New York Times</i> <p>"A <b>truly eerie</b> reading experience." --<i>Nylon</i> <p>"The first <b>must-read </b>of beach season." --<i>Town & Country</i> <p>"A <b>dark</b> and <b>twisty</b> tale brimming with <b>psychological suspense</b>." --Bustle