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My latest suspense novel for Harper is called Dismantled and it hit the shelves June 16. It's about college friends who form an outlaw art group called the Compassionate Dismantlers. One summer night, a prank goes too far and one of the members ends up dead. Nine years later, the surviving Dismantlers are desperate to leave the past behind, but the past isn't ready to let them go. You can order it from your local indie, Powell's, Barnes & Noble, or Amazon.

“A prank gone wrong drives this outstanding novel.... McMahon allows the inexorable sense of dread to build incrementally.” - Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“A failed marriage. A long-buried secret. A lonely child's imaginary friend. From these simple ingredients, Jennifer McMahon has constructed a fun, twisty thriller. Expect Dismantled to earn comparisons to The Secret History.” – Stewart O’Nan, author of Songs For the Missing

“The collective sins of four college friends come home to roost more than a decade after a bizarre tragedy scattered them in this disturbing, darkly hypnotic novel... beautifully written and extraordinarily imaginative.” - Kirkus

"A fresh and entrancing ghost-in-the-woods tale replete with startling psychoses, delectable Hitchcockian motifs, and dangerous attractions" - Booklist

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Island of Lost Girls tells the story of a young woman who is the only witness to a bizarre abduction in a small Vermont town -- she's compelled to help with the investigation, and to revisit the disappearance of a childhood friend. It is also kind of sort of a New York Times Bestseller!

You can order it from Powell's, Amazon, or Barnes & Noble. Or better yet, look for it at your favorite local independent bookstore.

Newsflash! Island of Lost Girls will be published in the United Kingdom by Sphere, an imprint of Little Brown UK, in September 2009!

"Like The Lovely Bones, despite grim and nearly unbearable subject matter, this book is un-put-downable from page 1. The writing is exquisite and often very funny, and themes of childhood and loss resonate." - The Boston Globe

“This smart mystery-thriller grabs you by the throat and won't let go.... Echoes of Alice down the rabbit hole persist right through the spellbinding conclusion, making this a page-turner you'll neglect sleep for.” - People

"Island of Lost Girls is an unsettling account of the secret lives of children, told in unexpected twists and turns, as if Alice had fallen down the wrong rabbit hole and lost her childhood. McMahon never flinches, but her readers will at every dark secret." - Keith Donohue, author of The Stolen Child

The UK edition of Promise Not to Tell was released by Orion in August 2008.

"A great, dark, spooky book for the summer." - The Today Show

"McMahon's gift is the deliciously twisty way she subverts all your expectations, keeping you guessing with wry wit and feverish chills. 'The dead can blame,' one character says. And the truth, this whipsmart novel reminds us, can break your heart. 4 out of 4 stars" - People

“McMahon unfurls a whirlwind of suspense that alternates between 1971 and 2002…. Combining murder mystery and coming-of-age tale with supernatural elements, this taut novel is above all a reflection on the haunting power of memory. A-” – Entertainment Weekly

"Deeply disturbing and darkly compelling, Promise Not to Tell will have you looking over your shoulder for the Potato Girl long after you've turned the last page." – Sara Gruen, author of Water for Elephants

My Tiki Girl, my first young adult book, was published May 2008 by Dutton. It's about two high school girls who bond over their outcast status and accidentally fall in love. Lots more info at My Tiki Girl's very own MySpace. Can you order it at Powell's and fine booksellers everywhere? Indeed you can.

If you prefer to listen rather than read, Recorded Books has released unabridged audio versions of Island and Promise. You can purchase them here or here -- or ask for them at you local library!

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