One Of Us Is Lying Will Be An Adaptation Of The Murder Mystery Novel Of The Same Name
I’m sure that when you read those character descriptions, they sounded a bit familiar, almost like The Breakfast Club cast of characters. That’s exactly what One Of Us Is Lying is sort of about, as it’s described as a cross between The Breakfast Club and the series, Pretty Little Liars.
In One Of Us Is Lying, five completely different teenagers with completely different outlooks on their futures all end up going to detention on the same day: the brain, the jock, the princess, and the criminal, along with Simon, the creator of the gossip group. However, he ends up dying mysteriously during detention.
With four survivors coming out, one of them is lying about what really happened, and it’s up to everyone to figure out who it is.
The author of the original book, Karen M. McManus, did an interview with Leandro Henriques about the novel, and what inspired her to write it and the themes that fill it: