THIS IS W.A.R.

When a girl drowns at an annual private school picnic a group of friends pool their trust funds to expose the high society culprit.

This is W.A.R. begins with a victim who can no longer speak for herself, and whose murder blossoms into a call-to-arms. Enter four very different girls, four very different motives to avenge Willa Ames-Rowan, and only one rule to start: Destroy James Gregory, his twin brother, and his family at any cost. Willa's initials (W.A.R.) spell the secret rallying cry that spurs the foursome to pool their con- siderable resources and deliver their particular brand of vigilante justice. Innocence is lost, bat- tles are won—and the pursuit of the truth ultimately threatens to destroy them all. Lisa and Laura Roecker, authors of The Liar Society series, are sisters-turned-writing partners with a passion for good books and pop culture. A prepubescent obsession with Lois Duncan and their mother's insistence that they read Men Are Just Desserts inspired This is WAR. The sisters live in Cleveland, Ohio, in separate residences.