Black Flowers, White Lies by Yvonne Ventresca

It's beautifully written and tightly plotted, telling a story that manages to keep a tight, intimate hold on the reader by digging into some universal fears that aren't often explored in novels. What a twisty thrill-ride!' -April Henry, New York Times -bestselling author of Girl, Stolen 'With a compelling cast of characters and a mystery that'll have you turning pages, Black Flowers, White Lies is a book you don't want to miss!' -Tiffany Schmidt, author of the Once Upon a Crime Family series ' Black Flowers, White Lies is not your typical YA thriller. It's tense, scary, and, at times, upsetting, everything a supernatural thriller ought to be.' -Jeffrey Harr, ALAN, 'ALAN Picks October 2016' 'I raced through Black Flowers, White Lies in a single sitting. Is there a ghost, is she losing her mind, or is someone manipulating her? This one will keep you guessing.' - Justine Magazine 'Ventresca has carefully plotted a variety of twists and turns in this engrossing mystery that doesn't let up until the final pages. Praise for Black Flowers, White Lies A 2017 Independent Publisher Book Award Gold Medal Winner! 'This suspenseful psychological thriller definitely won't disappoint.' - Buzzfeed, '23 YA Books That, Without A Doubt, You'll Want To Read This Fall' 'Prepare your fingernails, because tension mounts quickly as Ella's reality is chipped away piece by piece by the strange series of events that are tied to her father. What if, like her father, she's suffering a mental breakdown? In this acclaimed novel from award-winning author Yvonne Ventresca, Ella desperately needs to find answers-no matter how disturbing the truth might be. Soon the evidence points to someone else entirely: Ella herself. If it's not a warning, could her new, too-good-to-be-true boyfriend be responsible for the strange occurrences? Or maybe it's the building superintendent, who's mourning a daughter who looked like Ella? As the unexplained events become more frequent and more sinister, Ella finds herself terrified about who-or what-might harm her. When a handprint much like the one Ella left on her father's tombstone mysteriously appears on the bathroom mirror, at first she wonders if Dad is warning her of danger, as he did once before. If Ella's father lived the last days of his life in a psychiatric hospital, he couldn't have died in a tragic car accident, as her mother always claimed. But when newfound evidence suggests that Ella's mother might be lying about how Dad died sixteen years ago, Ella begins to question everything she knows about her father-and herself.

A 2017 Independent Publisher Book Award Gold Medal Winner Her father died before she was born, but Ella Benton knows they have a supernatural connection.

Black Flowers, White Lies by Yvonne Ventresca