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![]() | Never Tell (2012) (The fourth book in the Ellie Hatcher series) A novel by Alafair Burke |
Sixteen-year-old Julia Whitmire appeared to have everything: a famous father, a luxurious Manhattan townhouse, a coveted spot at the elite Casden prep school. When she is found dead in her bathtub, a handwritten suicide note left on her bed, her parents insists that their daughter would never take her own life.
But Julia's enviable life was more complicated than it seemed. The pressure to excel at Casden was enormous. Abuse of prescription anti-depressants and drugs for attention-deficit hyperactivity ran rampant among students; an unlabeled bottle of pills in Julia's purse suggests she had succumbed to the trend. And a search of Julia's computer reveals that in the days leading up to her death, she was engaged in a dangerous game of cyberbullying against an unlikely victim.
NYPD Detective Ellie Hatcher is convinced the case is a suicide, but she knows from personal experience that a loving family can be the last to accept the truth. When the Whitmires use their power to force a criminal investigation, Ellie's resistance causes trouble for her both at work and in her personal life.
As she is pressured to pursue a case she doesn't believe in, she is pulled into Julia's inner circle--an eclectic mix of overly precocious teenagers from Manhattan's most privileged families as well as street kids she met in Greenwich Village. But when the target of Julia's harassment continues to receive death threats, Ellie is forced to acknowledge that Julia may have learned the hard way that some secrets should never be told.
Genre: Mystery
But Julia's enviable life was more complicated than it seemed. The pressure to excel at Casden was enormous. Abuse of prescription anti-depressants and drugs for attention-deficit hyperactivity ran rampant among students; an unlabeled bottle of pills in Julia's purse suggests she had succumbed to the trend. And a search of Julia's computer reveals that in the days leading up to her death, she was engaged in a dangerous game of cyberbullying against an unlikely victim.
NYPD Detective Ellie Hatcher is convinced the case is a suicide, but she knows from personal experience that a loving family can be the last to accept the truth. When the Whitmires use their power to force a criminal investigation, Ellie's resistance causes trouble for her both at work and in her personal life.
As she is pressured to pursue a case she doesn't believe in, she is pulled into Julia's inner circle--an eclectic mix of overly precocious teenagers from Manhattan's most privileged families as well as street kids she met in Greenwich Village. But when the target of Julia's harassment continues to receive death threats, Ellie is forced to acknowledge that Julia may have learned the hard way that some secrets should never be told.
Genre: Mystery
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Hardback Editions
June 2012 : Hardback
| Title: Never Tell: A Novel of Suspense (Ellie Hatcher) Author(s): Alafair Burke ISBN: 0-06-199916-4 / 978-0-06-199916-1 (USA edition) Publisher: Harper Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Paperback Editions
August 2012 : Paperback
| Title: Never Tell Author(s): Alafair Burke ISBN: 1-84756-256-6 / 9781847562562 (UK edition) Publisher: Avon Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
June 2012 : Paperback
| Title: Never Tell LP: A Novel of Suspense (Ellie Hatcher) Author(s): Alafair Burke ISBN: 0-06-212844-2 / 978-0-06-212844-7 (USA edition) Publisher: HarperLuxe Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Audio Editions
August 2012 : Audio CD
| Title: Never Tell Author(s): Alafair Burke ISBN: 0-85735-621-6 / 978-0-85735-621-5 Publisher: Oakhill Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
June 2012 : Audio CD
| Title: Never Tell: A Novel of Suspense (Ellie Hatcher) Author(s): Alafair Burke ISBN: 1-4692-0689-7 / 978-1-4692-0689-9 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
June 2012 : Audio CD
| Title: Never Tell: A Novel of Suspense (Ellie Hatcher) Author(s): Alafair Burke ISBN: 1-4692-0688-9 / 978-1-4692-0688-2 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
June 2012 : Audio CD
| Title: Never Tell: A Novel of Suspense (Ellie Hatcher) Author(s): Alafair Burke ISBN: 1-4692-0687-0 / 978-1-4692-0687-5 Publisher: Brilliance Corporation Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
June 2012 : Audio CD
| Title: Never Tell: A Novel of Suspense (Ellie Hatcher) Author(s): Alafair Burke ISBN: 1-4692-0685-4 / 978-1-4692-0685-1 Publisher: Brilliance Corporation Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Other Editions
August 2012 : Kindle edition
| Title: Never Tell Author(s): Alafair Burke Publisher: Avon Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
June 2012 : Kindle edition
| Title: Never Tell: A Novel of Suspense (Ellie Hatcher) Author(s): Alafair Burke Publisher: Harper Availability: Amazon More details... |
June 2012 : Unknown
| Title: Never Tell: A Novel of Suspense Author(s): Alafair Burke ISBN: 1-4692-1282-X / 978-1-4692-1282-1 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Availability: Amazon More details... |
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