Pretty Sly is Elisa Ludwig's heart-pounding sequel to Pretty Crooked and the second book in a trilogy perfect for fans of Sarah Mlynowski, Ally Carter, or Sara Shepard. Willa Fox was ordered to stay out of trouble by a juvenile court judge. But that was before her house was ransacked . . . and her mother went missing. Now Willa and her sexy crush, Aidan, must violate her probation and hit the California highway in search of her mom. When Willa and Aidan wind up being the focus of a national manhunt, their journey becomes dangerously criminal. Soon Willa realizes it's easier to escape the law than the truth. And everything she thought she knew about her mom—and her life—was wrong.

エリーザ・ラドウィッグが描く本作の真髄は、法と道徳の境界で揺れる少女の危うい疾走感にあります。前作からのアウトローな魅力は、逃避行という極限状態を経て、深遠な自己探求のドラマへと昇華されました。社会のラベリングに抗い真実を追うウィラの姿は、読者の魂を激しく揺さぶります。 物語の核は、偽りの平穏との決別です。直面するのは法からの逃走以上に過酷な「過去」との対峙。ハイウェイで嘘が剥がれ落ちる瞬間のカタルシスは、青春小説の枠を超えた文学的な白眉です。裏切りと信頼の果てに彼女が掴む真実を、ぜひその目で見届けてください。