The Elizas

This new adult novel from Shepard (Pretty Little Liars) opens with Eliza Fontaine, a first-time author, enjoying herself in her hotel room with a few drinks. It then cuts to her being rescued from the hotel pool, seemingly a case of attempted suicide. Eliza has a history of suicidal tendencies, exacerbated from a brain tumor that has been recently removed. But Eliza knows she was pushed into that pool and now is on a mission to prove it. As Eliza tries to piece together a web of lies associated with that night, she is also in the process of promoting her new book, Dots. This is a novel within a novel, so every other chapter is a chapter from Dots. Both story lines are eerily similar, and Eliza's novel seems based on her real-life family, including several strange, creepy characters. After throwing out plenty of red herrings, Shepard concludes with a surprise twist ending.