The Mary Shelley Club by Goldy Moldavsky (ebook reader for manga TXT) 📕

now it occurred to me that there must have been other people from Matthew’s Mary Shelley Club somewhere around my house that night. They must’ve been watching the whole Fear Test go horribly wrong. Maybe they hid in the bushes outside. Maybe they saw everything through the windows. All of them quietly watching. All of them wearing masks.

I couldn’t ignore the creeping sensation of dread in my veins. Because if what Bram had said was true, then there was reason to believe that this nightmare wasn’t over.

As I walked away from the hospital and toward the subway station on the corner, I could have sworn there was somebody watching me.

I looked over my shoulder.

 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

THANK YOU:

To my agents, Jenny Bent, who believed in this story when I pitched it to her, and who worked tirelessly to find its perfect home; Gemma Cooper, who took it over the pond with love and care; and Debbie Deuble Hill, who loved this story before she’d read a word of it and got it into the right TV hands before anyone else had read it either.

To my incredible editor, Tiff Liao, whose suggestions and ideas (over plates of vegan cashew cheese) made this novel so much stronger. If not for Tiff, there would be no Bram after-party, and that would’ve been a real shame. And Sarah Levison for loving scary movies and finding that this story was a worthy homage to the genre.

To my family: my mother, Sonia, and my mother-in-law, Irina, for the invaluable gift of babysitting and giving me time to write. To Alex, for your time, your encouragement, and your impeccable brainstorming skills. You helped me figure out who the killer was! You rightly concluded that Bram should have had a shirtless scene! And I’m pretty sure you thought up the names for Freddie and Rachel. For all that, and more. It is so neat having a partner who thinks your work is amazing and valuable. I thank you. To my sister, Yasmin, who might be my biggest fan. My scary movie partner, since we were way too small to be watching scary movies. I really hope you like this book! And to beautiful, funny, smart, tender Tove! Hi, Tove.

 ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Goldy Moldavsky was born in Lima, Peru, and grew up in Brooklyn, New York, where she lives with her family. She is the New York Times–bestselling author of Kill the Boy Band and No Good Deed. Some of her influences include Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the esteemed works of John Irving, and the Mexican telenovelas she grew up watching with her mother.

Visit her online at goldymoldavsky.com, or sign up for email updates here.

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 CONTENTS

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

Epigraph

Prologue

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

Chapter 35

Chapter 36

Chapter 37

Chapter 38

Chapter 39

Chapter 40

Chapter 41

Chapter 42

Chapter 43

Chapter 44

Chapter 45

Chapter 46

Chapter 47

Chapter 48

Chapter 49

Chapter 50

Chapter 51

Chapter 52

Chapter 53

Chapter 54

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Copyright

Copyright © 2021 by Goldy Moldavsky

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Moldavsky, Goldy, author.

Title: The Mary Shelley Club / Goldy Moldavsky.

Description: First edition. | New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2021. | Summary: “A deliciously twisty YA thriller about a mysterious club with an obsession for horror”— Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020021771 | ISBN 9781250230102 (hardcover)

Subjects: CYAC: Clubs—Fiction. | Mystery and detective stories.

Classification: LCC PZ7.1.M6396 Mar 2021 | DDC [Fic]—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020021771

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First hardcover edition 2021

eBook edition 2021

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