I listened to this as an audiobook as "Payback," but it is listed on Amazon as a Kindle and paperback as "The Secret." I'm not sure why the names are different. I tried to find the answer online, but couldn't.

The paperback version is rated 4.3 stars on Amazon at 310 pages long, but the audiobook is rated 4.5 stars on Audible at 10 hours and 2 minutes long.

This book is about 8 teens who have grown up--4 boys and 4 girls. It takes place modern day with a lot of flashbacks to 20 years ago. As teens the group decided to get together and get their virginity out of the way. Now, 20 years later, people are dying and the person who suggested the teen event is getting threatening notes. Who is at the heart of the terror and why?

People who enjoy thrillers and red herrings. I did ultimately guess who it was, but only because I realized that any good mystery should include red herrings and so if I thought I knew who it was based on the clues, I was probably wrong. lol

I loved that at the end of the book, there was an interview with the author. What a fun idea!

Look up the author to find out more about her and also see if I could discover why her book had a title change.

I recommend this book because while it's not the most absolutely amazing book I've ever read, I did enjoy it and it certainly kept me guessing as to who was doing it at why. I thought I might have known earlier, but then new information made me change my mind, though it turned out I was right. It's definitely a twisty, turny book and I enjoyed that for sure.

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