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Better the devil / Erik J. Brown.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : Storytide, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2026]Edition: 1st edDescription: 392 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780063338326
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • [Fic] 23
LOC classification:
  • PZ7.1.B79437 Be 2026
Summary: "When a runaway teen is arrested for shoplifting, he's desperate not to be sent back to the hyper-religious parents he knows will never accept him. While at the police station, he notices a resemblance to the aged-up photos of Nate Beaumont, a child who went missing ten years ago--and, in a moment of desperation, he takes Nate's identity. Before he can run again, Nate's family arrives and welcomes him home to a life he never had, [where they] are nuturing and loving, very different from his own parents. But [when] unsettling things start to happen . . . it becomes clear that someone knows 'Nate' isn't who he says he is . . . and that the real Nate wasn't kidnapped, but murdered"--Provided by publisher.
Item type: Book List(s) this item appears in: New Novels | LGBTQ Fiction | New Mysteries
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Martha's Vineyard High School Library MYSTERY FIC/BRO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39844500061894

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"When a runaway teen is arrested for shoplifting, he's desperate not to be sent back to the hyper-religious parents he knows will never accept him. While at the police station, he notices a resemblance to the aged-up photos of Nate Beaumont, a child who went missing ten years ago--and, in a moment of desperation, he takes Nate's identity. Before he can run again, Nate's family arrives and welcomes him home to a life he never had, [where they] are nuturing and loving, very different from his own parents. But [when] unsettling things start to happen . . . it becomes clear that someone knows 'Nate' isn't who he says he is . . . and that the real Nate wasn't kidnapped, but murdered"--Provided by publisher.

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