Crying Wolf
Written by Peter Abrahams
Narrated by James Daniels
3.5/5
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It was more than a white lie. It was deception on a grand scale. But the motive was admirable-to save the bright future of a deserving young man. And the victim, too, was deserving-an arrogant billionaire who would hardly notice his loss, crumbs from a vast fortune. All the plotters needed was a believable story, desperate and frightening, but false. Nothing bad was supposed to happen. They were only crying wolf. But what if the wolf were real?
For Nat, a shining all-American boy with blue-collar roots, acceptance to New England's exclusive Inverness College seems like the opportunity of a lifetime. The chilling events that follow are nothing like what he imagined.
It begins at Christmas break. Nat, unable to afford going home for the holidays, remains alone on the deserted campus. Alone-until he meets Grace and Izzie Zorn, twin sisters who, although biologically identical, are utterly different. Thrown off by the irresistible attraction of this astonishing pair, Nat's moral compass starts to fail him. How could it not, as he enters a seductive new world of private Caribbean islands, personal jets, and endless possibility? A world where folly, even crime, now seems right.
When classes resume, Nat and the twins fall under the influence of a charismatic philosophy professor with dangerous ideas and a secret of his own. His teachings will be used to justify a bold scheme, plotted deep beneath the school in the lair of a forgotten social club, banished for almost a century.
But someone in the underground shadows is listening, someone who thinks he deserves a future just as bright as Nat's. Suddenly a risky but basically innocent game will take a horrifying turn.
Peter Abrahams
Peter Abrahams is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-five books, including the Edgar Award-winning Reality Check, Bullet Point, and the Echo Falls series for middle graders. Writing as Spencer Quinn, he is also the author of the Chet and Bernie series—Dog on It, Thereby Hangs a Tail, and To Fetch a Thief. He and his wife live in Massachusetts with their dog, Audrey.
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Reviews for Crying Wolf
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Lots of interesting characters made this a great read.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This book was not shelved as YA in our library, but it ought to be. In this book two young men and a pair of twin sisters are figuring out who they are, discovering sex and relationships and other important stuff like how to navigate their first year of college life and how to fence stolen electronics. One of the young men meets the girls and when he needs money they hatch a plan to fake the kidnapping of one of the girls to get ransom money to help the young man. What could possibly go wrong? They are all idiots, but no more so than many college freshmen I've known, and the story is entertaining, if a bit predictable.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Lots of interesting characters made this a great read.