Full of twists and turns, "Everything You Want Me to Be" reconstructs a year in the life of a dangerously mesmerizing young woman, during which a small town s darkest secrets come to the forefront...and she inches closer and closer to her death.
High school senior Hattie Hoffman has spent her whole life playing many parts: the good student, the good daughter, the good citizen. When she s found brutally stabbed to death on the opening night of her high school play, the tragedy rips through the fabric of her small town community. Local sheriff Del Goodman, a family friend of the Hoffmans, vows to find her killer, but trying to solve her murder yields more questions than answers. It seems that Hattie s acting talents ran far beyond the stage. Told from three points of view Del, Hattie, and the new English teacher whose marriage is crumbling "Everything You Want Me to Be" weaves the story of Hattie s last school year and the events that drew her ever closer to her death.
Evocative and razor-sharp, "Everything You Want Me to Be "challenges you to test the lines between innocence and culpability, identity and deception. Does love lead to self-discovery or destruction?"
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"Start 2017 with this five star read."--Bookseller
"If you're looking for the next captivating thriller that everyone will be comparing to Gone Girl or The Girl on the Train, this is it!"--Bookseller
"Mindy is a master at keeping you riveted to your seat with an ending that is impossible to predict. Totally believable characters and a great mystery make this a thriller you won't want to miss!"--Bookseller
"I finished Everything You Want Me to Be well over two weeks ago and have been tongue-tied as to accurately describe just how much I LOVE this book."--Bookseller
"SO good. So dark and twisty with such nuanced characters and flexible definitions of good, evil, and passion."--Bookseller
"What a wonderful read . . . Challenging and entertaining and very, very difficult to put down."--Bookseller
"A suspenseful and heart-wrenching thriller about ambition, obsession, and what happens when the lies we tell about ourselves become indistinguishable from the truth."--Robin Wasserman, author of GIRLS ON FIRE
About the Author:
Mindy Mejia received her MFA from Hamline University. Her debut novel, The Dragon Keeper, was published by Ashland Creek Press in 2012. The granddaughter of Minnesota farmers, she lives in the Twin Cities with her husband and two children. She is the author of Everything You Want Me to Be.
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- PublisherSimon & Schuster
- Publication date2017
- ISBN 10 1501157906
- ISBN 13 9781501157905
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages352
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