It All Started With a Lie by Denise Brown

Pearl is your average teenager with an interest in costume design and a life-long best friend, Danny living next door.

When babysitting her younger twin brothers, Pearl discovers a newspaper clipping of her Dad finding an abandoned baby near the hospital.

The date is the same month she was born. Why has her dad never mentioned this?

When she starts investigating with her friends, she creates a domino effect of mystery and betrayal.

I read this book in two days and was heavily invested in the outcome.

The characters were very real and their emotions were portrayed in a believable way.

There were no “let’s go confront the suspects alone” type decisions.

It felt realistic in their investigation and their relationships.

I really enjoyed it and recommend it for fans of Holly Jackson and Karen McManus.