At the Speed of Lies

Quinn Calvet was supposed to be having an epic year. She had all kinds of plans with her best friend, Ximena, and sister, Ava, to grow her following as an influencer on The Whine. Instead, Quinn finds herself the third wheel to Ximena and her new boyfriend or getting ditched by Ava, who has turned into an overachiever, obsessed with studying and joining every school club. It brings up Quinn’s old feelings that her disability has her left behind.

She tries to talk to Ava about it, but she’s too busy with the newest club at school, Defend Kids, which is working frantically to help find two kids who were recently kidnapped from a nearby town. Suddenly, Defend Kids is all anyone is talking about, and whenever Quinn posts about them on The Whine, she gains tons of new followers and her posts go viral. As the club works to get the message out, more kids in the surrounding area go missing, but it seems like the police and the media aren’t doing much about it.

When two of Quinn’s classmates are kidnapped, the dangers that Defend Kids is trying to fight become all too real. As Quinn and her friends search for the missing kids, tensions escalate at school, there’s an uptick in bullying, and conspiracy theories abound. Before she knows it, Quinn and The Whine are at the centre of it all, trying to find out what’s really happening. Only the truth might be more deadly than anyone knows...

At the Speed of Lies by Cindy Otis is a thrilling mystery that delves into the complexities of social media, friendships, and the haunting pursuit of truth. The twists and turns will keep you engaged till the final revelation.