I Do Not Trust You - by Laura J Burns & Melinda Metz (Paperback)

About the Book

With their signature plot twists and uneasy, ever-changing alliances, this novel from the authors of the Edgar-winning Wright and Wong mystery series is full of dangerous secrets and dark mythology that threaten to destroy everything 18-year-old Memphis holds dear.

Book Synopsis

From the minds of two of Roswell's original creators, Laura J. Burns and Melinda Metz, I Do Not Trust You is a white-knuckle read filled with their signature plot twists. With uneasy, ever-changing alliances, this thrilling novel asks the question, how far would you go to save the ones you love?

Memphis "M" Engel is stubborn to a fault, graced with an almost absurd knowledge of long lost languages and cultures, and a heck of an opponent in a fight. In short: she's awesome.

Ashwin "Ash" Sood is a little too posh for M's tastes, a little too good looking, and has way too many secrets. He desperately wants the ancient map M inherited from her archeologist father, believing it will lead him to a relic with the power to destroy the world. M obviously can't trust him.

Equally desperate to find the relic for reasons of her own, M forms an uneasy partnership with Ash. From the catacombs of Paris, to a sacred forest in Norway, to the ruins of a submerged temple in Egypt, together they crisscross the globe in their search. But through it all, M can never be sure: Is she traveling with a friend or enemy?

Review Quotes

"Thrills and suspense await readers in this high-stakes adventure, the latest collaboration by Burns and Metz...the inclusion of supernatural elements will entice fans of Indiana Jones and Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code (2003)." -- Booklist

"Memphis is a searingly intelligent and endearingly gutsy female protagonist, and the evolution of her relationship with Ash unravels both artfully and believably... [an] entertaining novel." - Kirkus

"[A] white-knuckle read that pushes envelopes and makes the reader question everything." --USA Today's Happily Ever After blog on Sanctuary Bay

"A quickly captivating account of an outsider's new life inside a world of prestige, pleasure, and pain and her struggle to find acceptance and herself and to survive." --School Library Journal on Sanctuary Bay

"This mash-up of private-school lit meets mystery novel meets conspiracy theory should keep readers guessing as the horror continues to mount." --Booklist on Sanctuary Bay

About the Author

LAURA J. BURNS and MELINDA METZ have written many books for teens and middle-grade readers, including Sanctuary Bay, Crave, and Sacrifice, as well as the Edgar-nominated mystery series Wright and Wong. They have also written for the TV shows ROSWELL, 1-800-MISSING, and THE DEAD ZONE. Laura lives in New York and Melinda lives in North Carolina, but really they mostly live on email, where they do most of their work together.