Make Me a Liar

Seventeen-year-old Tia Dante has a side hustle as an immersionist; with her classmates’ consent, she temporarily transfers her consciousness to take over their bodies by utilizing her head-hopping ability. She uses this under-wraps skill to help her schoolmates accomplish things that they’re often too afraid to do on their own, such as confront bullies or come out to their loved ones. While she’s assisting her latest client, however, someone head-hops into her abandoned body and murders the town’s district attorney. With the aid of her ex-boyfriend Nash and her bestie Val, Tia must find the true killer before she’s convicted of a crime she didn’t commit, and as the trio’s investigation leads them into increasingly dangerous situations, Tia navigates reemerging feelings for Nash. Landers (Lumara) imbues Tia’s first-person perspective with wit and brash humor reminiscent of Veronica Mars. Thriller elements involving international mobs and secret supernatural organizations, as well as weighty themes surrounding criminal injustice, propel this jam-packed roller coaster to a climactic finish. Nash is described as having dark skin; most other characters read as white. Ages 12–up. Agent: Nicole Resciniti, Seymour Agency. (Dec.)