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Untouchable (Private #3)
236 pages
A scandalous, paranoia-soaked boarding school thriller where grief collides with forbidden romance and deadly secrets.
What it feels like
Step into the darkly glamorous, paranoia-soaked halls of an elite boarding school where the pursuit of perfection masks deadly secrets. This propulsive teen drama thrives on the tension of shifting loyalties and the claustrophobic atmosphere of an empty campus during a holiday break. The narrative balances the heavy weight of sudden grief with the dizzying thrill of a forbidden, high-stakes romance, creating a mood that is equal parts scandalous and suspenseful. As carefully constructed social facades begin to crumble under the weight of a murder investigation, the reader is pulled into a web of blackmail, erratic behavior, and whispered suspicions. It is a perfect fit for readers who devour fast-paced thrillers where no one can be trusted and every friend might be a suspect.
- Mood
- paranoid
- scandalous
- claustrophobic
- darkly glamorous
- Tone
- dramatic
- suspenseful
- gossipy
- tense
- Pace
- propulsive
- Themes
- the facade of perfection · shifting loyalties · grief and suspicion · forbidden romance · boarding school secrets
- The writing
- Fast-paced and drama-fueled, focusing on intense interpersonal dynamics, scandalous reveals, and mounting suspense.
- The arc
- Moves from the shock of sudden loss into a dizzying spiral of paranoia, forbidden desire, and crumbling trust.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave scandalous boarding school dramas packed with dark secrets, shifting alliances, and high-stakes romance.
Content notes
- murder
- grief
- substance use
- blackmail
- cheating
About the book
Cheating, partying, blackmail, and now...murder? Can the Billings Girls remain untouchable?
Reed's boyfriend, Thomas Pearson -- the popular, easygoing, irresistibly handsome and charismatic boy she fell in love with -- is dead. No one knows how it happened, and everyone is after the truth. Or are they?
Life at Easton Academy begins to feel very different. Taylor is acting like the poster child for Prozac, Kiran is spiking her cornflakes, Noelle is being kind of...nice, and Arianna keeps floating along as if nothing has happened.
Thanksgiving break arrives and Reed and Josh find themselves alone on campus. They are forced to confront the feelings they've been hiding. Those feelings combined with an empty campus result in the hottest hookup Reed could possibly imagine. But when Reed breaks the news about Josh to the Billings Girls, there's no fun game of tell-all. Instead, Josh begins to look like suspect No. 1 in the murder of Thomas Pearson.
The perfect life Reed has constructed as a Billings Girl begins to crumble. And as everyone becomes more convinced of Josh's guilt, Reed's private suspicions lead her somewhere she doesn't want to go.
Description from Open Library.
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