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The Meadowbrook Murders by Jessica Goodman is a solid, dark academic murder mystery told from two points of view, with fast-paced chapters that flow quickly through the investigation and the eventual capture of the killer. Our two points of view are set between a highly academic student on the school paper and the roommate of the murdered girl who has spent her whole life hiding from the media. Liv is the academic journalist who struggles with how she is going to report on the murder of classmates and not make it a gossipy story that is better left to some gossip magazine. Amy, the roommate, doesn't trust Liv but is forced to move in with her. How much can she trust her? I especially enjoyed that the characters are very realistic, the school has tunnels that are navigated frequently throughout the story, and the students even have a secret messaging app that is unknown to the faculty. The Meadowbrook Murders does a great job of keeping you guessing right up to the last part of the book on who the killer is and even adds in the almost murder of those uncovering the truth. I thoroughly enjoyed this murder mystery.