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One Of Us Is Lying By Simon Kelleher

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Simon Kelleher is the author of the gossip page About That, in which he spreads secrets and hateful comments about his peers at Bayview High School. One day in afterschool detention, Simon has an allergic reaction and dies. Four students witnessed his death, Bronwyn, Addy, Nate, and Cooper, who were all in detention after they were caught with phones in class. The Police find that there was peanut oil in the cup that Simon had drunk out of, and they realize that it was not just a coincidence. Someone had posted online that Simon’s death was not just a coincidence and that one of the four students who were in detention with Simon was the murderer. The police find a reason for every one of them to be the killer in Simon’s last report …show more content…

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