The Only Survivors: A Novel

A New York Times Bestseller A Library Reads Hall of Fame Pick From the New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls and master of suspense, Megan Miranda (Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling author of The Good Girl), a thrilling mystery about a group of former classmates who reunite to mark the tenth anniversary of a tragic accidentonly to have one of the survivors disappear, casting fear and suspicion on the original tragedy. Seven hours in the past. Seven days in the present. Seven survivors remaining. Who would you save? A decade ago, two vans filled with high school seniors on a school service trip crashed into a Tennessee ravinea tragedy that claimed the lives of multiple classmates and teachers. The nine students who managed to escape the river that night were irrevocably changed. A year later, after one of the survivors dies by suicide on the anniversary of the crash, the rest of them make a pact: to come together each year to commemorate that terrible night. To keep one another safe. To hold one another accountable. Or both. Their annual meeting place, a house on the Outer Banks, has long been a refuge. But by the tenth anniversary, Cassidy Bent has worked to distance herself from the tragedy and from the other survivors. Shes changed her mobile number. Shes blocked the others email addresses. This year, she is determined to finally break ties once and for all. But on the day of the reunion, she receives a text with an obituary attached: another survivor is gone. Now they are sevenand Cassidy finds herself hurling back toward the group, wild with griefand suspicion. Almost immediately, something feels off this year. Cassidy is the first to notice when Amaya, the annual organizer, slips away, overwhelmed. This wouldnt raise alarm except for the impending storm. Suddenly, theyre facing the threat of closed roads and surging watersagain. Then Amaya stops responding to her phone. After all theyve been through, she wouldnt willfully make them worry. Would she? Andas they promised long agoeach survivor will do whatever he or she can do to save one another. Wont they? A propulsive and chilling locked-box mystery filled with the dazzling hairpin twists that are the authors signature, The Only Survivors is New York Times bestselling author Megan Mirandas best novel yet.