Masterminds: A Suspenseful Mystery Adventure About Secrets in a Perfect Town

Name: Masterminds: A Suspenseful Mystery Adventure About Secrets in a Perfect Town
Price: 2.99 USD
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Rating: 4.7 (2374 reviews)
Author: Gordon Korman

by Gordon Korman

Mystery Thriller Young Adult

4.7 (2,374)

4.7 stars from 2,374 reviews. Top 76% of Mystery Thriller books we track.

336 pages~5.6 hr readPublished by Beltz GmbH, JuliusPublished 2015-01-01

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Perfect for you if...

You love mysteries with a sci-fi twist and don't mind rooting for kids who have to outsmart the adults around them.
You're drawn to stories where a safe-seeming place hides something genuinely unsettling underneath.
You enjoyed Stranger Things or middle-grade thrillers and want something that doesn't talk down to younger readers.

Maybe not for you if...

You prefer character-driven stories over plot mechanics. This moves fast and plot is the point.
You want realistic, grounded settings. A secret cloning facility disguised as a town won't work for you.
You need standalone novels. This is the first book in a trilogy and ends on threads that demand book two.

About this book

Eli Frieden has lived his entire life in Serenity, New Mexico and has never left. When he bikes to the edge of the city limits one day, something unexpected happens that changes everything. He convinces his friends to investigate further, and they soon discover that nothing in Serenity is as it appears. As clues accumulate, the group uncovers a shocking truth: their ideal, crime-free community is connected to some of the world's greatest criminal masterminds. The kids realize they cannot trust anyone, including their own parents. They learn they are not citizens of Serenity but subjects of Project Osiris—clones created from the DNA of notorious villains. Their parents, whom they should trust most, are actually running the prison that contains them. When the truth emerges, the only option remaining is a desperate, high-stakes escape from the only home they have ever known. This is the first book in a trilogy by Gordon Korman.

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Currently on sale at $2.99 — 70% off peak. Price has dropped 13 times over the last 6 years. Goes on sale roughly every 178 days. Typically stays discounted for 28 days.

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Currently around #68K in the Kindle store — a steady mid-list seller.

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Currently 4.7★ from 2,374 reviews

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