Awards
- Commended for Edgar Allan Poe Awards (Young Adult) 2025
Overview
A BLIZZARD CAN'T HIDE BETRAYAL. When a winter storm traps eight teens in a remote ski cabin, they find themselves stranded with a killer. From the acclaimed author of The Ivies and Pretty Dead Queens comes a YA thriller that will make your blood run cold. A BLIZZARD CAN'T HIDE BETRAYAL. When a winter storm traps eight teens in a remote ski cabin, they find themselves stranded with a killer. From the acclaimed author of The Ivies and Pretty Dead Queens comes a YA thriller that will make your blood run cold. The trip of a lifetime might be the death of them all. The students of LA's elite Warner Prep can't wait for their Senior Excursion-five days of Instagrammable adventure in one of the world's most exclusive locations. This is not your average field trip. Which is why eight students can't believe their bad luck when they end up on a digital detox in an isolated Colorado ski chalet. Their epic trip is panning out to be an epic bore . . . until their classmates start dropping in a series of disturbing deaths. The message is clear- this trip is no accident. And when a blizzard strikes, secrets are revealed, betrayals are exposed, and survival is at stake in a race to the bitter end. ""Eight prep-school students, an isolated winter hideaway and a serial killer - in Donne's hands, you've got a recipe for a massive adrenaline rush.""- E. Lockhart, #1 New York Times bestselling author of We Were Liars ""Readers will rejoice in feeling part of the characters' investigative team in this entertaining thriller that ticks all the right boxes."" -PW
Full Product Details
Author: Alexa Donne
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Imprint: Random House Books for Young Readers
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 2.10cm
, Length: 21.00cm
Weight: 0.318kg
ISBN: 9780593651094
ISBN 10: 059365109
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 13 January 2026
Recommended Age: From 14 years
Audience:
Young adult
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Teenage / Young adult
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Not yet available
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Reviews
""Wicked, acid-tipped, unparalleled fun. Donne is an evil genius."" —Ashley Winstead, author of In My Dreams I Hold a Knife and Midnight is the Darkest Hour ""Readers will be kept guessing until the end."" —Kirkus Reviews ""[An] entertaining thriller that ticks all the right boxes."" —Publishers Weekly ""A gripping, fantastically twisty mystery for fans of Karen M. McManus and Holly Jackson."" —School Library Journal ""Donne has done a dandy job of serving up an irresistible mystery with a devious plot that offers the requisite red herrings."" —Booklist
Author Information
Alexa Donne is the Edgar Award-nominated author of Pretty Dead Queens, The Ivies, and The Bitter End. By day she lives in Los Angeles and works in television marketing. The rest of the time she contemplates creative motives for murder and takes too many pictures of her cats.
