Never Coming Home

Ten teen social media influencers are invited on a tropical island getaway that turns deadly in Williams’s (Spells Like Teen Spirit) captivating murder mystery, a retelling of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None that recalls the real-life Fyre Festival. In exchange for free advertising, 10 social media influencers—dubbed the First Ten—are invited on an all-expenses-paid, weeklong vacation to Unknown Island, an ultra-exclusive tropical resort. The group, which includes a pro gamer, a transgender model, a young politician, and others, is excited for the opportunity to grow their respective followings. But upon arriving, they find the un-air-conditioned accommodations unfinished and not a single island employee. Instead, an envelope left for each of them reveals they’ve been invited to Unknown Island because they’re all murderers. With no Wi-Fi and no conceivable means of rescue, their vacation is plagued by fear as distrust brews among them. And when someone winds up dead, their plans for escape turn into a struggle for survival. Via an ominous third-person perspective, Williams literalizes social media’s sometimes suffocating omnipresence, blending it with frightening thrills to cultivate an atmosphere steeped in dread. Ages 14–up. Agent: Kerry Sparks, Levine Greenberg Rostan Literary. (June)