City of Graves
City of Graves is a young adult thriller that will appeal to fans of I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga, None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney, and Paper Valentine by Brenna Yovanoff.
Finch Marlowe is gifted and privileged.
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She knows she’s lucky. Except her wealthy parents have high expectations for her future. Every extracurricular activity and every volunteer endeavor contributes to the never ending quest for a perfect college application – and Finch feels every bit of that pressure. Failure is not an option.
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But Finch has a secret.
She belongs to the city’s urban exploration community – a dangerous and thrilling pastime that involves exploring abandoned buildings. Moving through these forgotten places gives Finch with a sense of freedom she’s never experienced at home, and she begins to unearth her real self in this new community.
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However, everything changes when Finch finds a body in one of the buildings. Then Finch discovers a chilling connection between the victim and the urban exploration community that has become so important to her, and her newfound world begins to crumble. As Finch becomes the target of a killer, she finds herself questioning everything she knows in a desperate attempt to save herself.