Hysteria Author:Megan Miranda My mother hid the knife block. In hindsight, that was the first sign. And then she locked her bedroom door. I guess that was the second sign. And now there was a suitcase on my bed. — Mallory’s memories of the night she killed her boyfriend, Brian, are spotty at best. She knows it was in self-defense — everyone does — but that d... more »oesn’t make things any easier. After Brian’s mother begins to unravel and begins stalking Mallory, her parents decide to send her to a private school — her father’s alma matter — far away from her home town. Desperate for a fresh start, Mallory settles into her new routine as the new girl no one knows. But then her secret gets out, and people start treating her differently. To make matters worse, she keeps having dreams that someone is in her room at night, and mysterious bruises in the shape of a handprint begin to form on her shoulder. When another classmate is murdered, Mallory can’t help but wonder if someone is after her — or if maybe there’s something seriously wrong with her.« less