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A gripping young adult suspense novel drenched in color, mystery, and lies. New York Times and USA Today bestselling author CJ Lyons grabs you and won’t let go, keeping you guessing until the very last page of The Color of Lies.When you can see emotions in color, motives become black and white. Even murder.Ella Cleary has always had an eye for the truth. She has synesthesia, which means she is able to read people via the waves of colors that surround them. Her unique gift has led her to trust very few people outside her family since her parents died in a fire. So when a handsome young journalist appears with no colors surrounding him at all, her senses go on high alert.But while Alec is a mystery, Ella feels a connection to him she can’t ignore. Something about him feels familiar, and she is able to talk with him in ways she can’t with anyone else. Then just as feelings develop between them, Alec drops a bombshell: he believes her parents’ deaths were no accident. And she may be in more danger than she’s ever realized.Soon Ella doesn’t know who she can trust or even who she really is. As family secrets begin to unravel and fact and fiction collide, it becomes clear that the only way for Ella to learn the truth about her past is to find a killer.The Color of Lies: YA suspense with themes of mystery, romance, and friendship By New York Times and USA Today bestselling thriller writer CJ Lyons, whose adult suspense novels have sold over 2 million copies in print and digital Features a protagonist with synesthesia, which can allow people to see sounds, taste words, or feel sensations on their skin associated with certain scents Perfect for fans of E. Lockhart, Karen M. McManus, and Jennifer Brown

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The brutal murder of a teenage girlThe violence is the worst Lucy Guardino has ever seen, the stakes are higher than ever and things get personal.It's a vicious crime: the killing of a teenaged girl. When detectives call FBI Agent Lucy Guardino to the scene, their focus is on who and why?Was it the girl's Afghan father? Her Jewish boyfriend? Someone from Afghanistan settling an old grudge? Or one of the drug cartels the father helped bring down seeking revenge?Meanwhile former Marine Sergeant Andre Stone has been home a month, but has yet to leave the safe haven of his grandmother's house. Andre's disfiguring physical scars are the least of his worries. The emotional wounds of seeing his men massacred in a raid gone wrong have left him numb. All he can think about is revenge on Rashid Raziq, the man behind the raid. When Andre is offered a chance at vengeance, the only question is: How far will he go to get it?This gripping thril

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A serial killer comes back from the pastAgent Lucy Guardino is back, and she's facing the fight of her lifeThis unputdownable crime thriller from CJ Lyons will grip readers of Lynda la Plante, Angela Marsons and Tess GerritsenUntil recently Lucy Guardino was a rising star in the FBI. But after disobeying orders and killing a man, Lucy's been sidelined, chained to her desk. When a mysterious letter arrives hinting that, thanks to Lucy, the wrong man was blamed for a string of rapes, kidnappings, and killings four years earlier, Lucy jumps at the chance to re-open the case despite orders to leave it well alone.Her unofficial investigation takes her back to the small town that thrust her into the spotlight four years ago, when she saved the killer's last victims before the killer took his own life and that of one final victim: a mother who left a ten year old son and loving husband behind.What Lucy doesn't know is that what happened four ye

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