THE FALL OF IRIS HENLEY, by Jennifer Graham, Wednesday Books, Feb. 24, 2026, Hardcover, $24 (young adult, ages 14 and up)
A Texas teen accused of murder fights to clear her name in The Fall of Iris Henley, a thriller by Jennifer Graham.
All it takes to ruin someone’s life is the stroke of a key. Just ask Iris Henley. Her life is destroyed when someone posts an anonymous message on her high school’s subreddit thread: “Iris Henley is a killer. I’ve been too scared to come forward until now, but I saw her murder Rocky and Lynette last summer.”
Just like that, Iris loses everything. Her reputation. Her friends. Her hope of getting into college on scholarship. Even, possibly, her freedom, once the police start to investigate. After all, she’s the perfect suspect: Rocky was her boyfriend, and Lynette was her ex-best friend―and the girl he was cheating on her with. But Iris didn’t do it, and now it’s up to her to clear her name by finding out who did―before it’s too late. —Synopsis provided by Wednesday Books
The Fall of Iris Henley is a psychological thriller that keeps you on your toes from beginning to end.
The story follows Iris as she tries to put the murder suicide of her boyfriend and best friend behind her. And she seems to be doing better. Until the anonymous post that says she’s the killer.
Iris is smart and popular and has everything going for her. But as the rumors spread, she starts to second guess everything. Author Jennifer Graham gives readers a front-row view of Iris as she spirals, questioning everything she thought she knew. You feel her pain and paranoia.
What really sticks with you, though, is the realization that the story is completely plausible.
The twists.
The turns.
The cyber bullying.
Planting lies and suspicion.
It all happens every day. And because it does, The Fall of Iris Henley feels entirely realistic. There’s an air of tension laced with a touch of anxiety that runs through it, making you keep reading, even when you dread what’s coming up next.
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