Book cover for A Thousand Perfect Lies: A Boarding School Mystery and Enemies-to-More Romance by Monica Murphy

A Thousand Perfect Lies

A Boarding School Mystery and Enemies-to-More Romance

2026 Released
352 Pages
5-6 Hours
Audiobook Unavailable
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Entangled: Mayhem BooksISBN 9781649376626

OPTIONED FOR TELEVISION by Amazon/MGM UK

Secrets don’t die. They just transfer schools.


New York native Billie Vale arrives at Wickham Academy, England’s most elite boarding school, with a forged identity as Belinda Winters and one mission: clear her sister’s name. Isla lies in a coma, accused of killing her best friend. Billie has one shot to uncover the truth in a school built on privilege and deception. Succeed, and her estranged father will finally help her mother. Fail, and it will tear what’s left of her family apart.

But Wickham’s secrets run deep, and not everyone wants them exposed. The school’s golden prince and its brooding outcast both seem to know more than they’ll admit—and both have reasons to keep Billie close. As she digs into the lies that built Wickham’s empire, she discovers that loyalty is just another currency, every hallway hides a motive, and everyone here protects their own at any cost.

But someone at Wickham knows what really happened…
And they’ll bury Billie before they let her find out.

Perfect for readers who loved the dark social hierarchies of Gossip Girl and the twisty, secret-laden tension of One of Us Is Lying, A Thousand Perfect Lies delivers prep-school glamour, sisterly redemption, and a mystery that turns privilege into peril.

Monica Murphy

Monica Murphy is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over sixty novels and writes mostly contemporary, new adult and young adult romance. She is both traditionally and independently published and has been translated in over ten languages. She lives in central California near Yosemite National Park with her husband, children, one dog and four cats. When she’s not writing, she’s thinking about writing. Or reading. Or binge watching something.

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