Good Luck and Other Lies

Catriona McKeown

• 04 juni 2025
• 9781761111969

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Six high school students win a staggering 50 million-dollar lotto prize, only to find their lives spiralling into a web of secrets, deception, and danger. Past suspicions are renewed, blurring the truth, as they struggle to protect one another from the outside world that threatens to take away their new-found freedom.

Imagine being one of six high school students who win a 50 million-dollar lotto prize. What would you buy first? The latest phone? A new wardrobe? A fancy car to learn to drive in? Cassie and her friends get to do exactly that – until they find their lives spiralling into a web of secrets, deception, and danger. Past suspicions are renewed, blurring the truth, and they are left struggling to protect one another from the outside world that threatens to take away their new-found freedom.

In an extraordinary stroke of luck, six high school students – Luke, Alex, Harriet, Meg, Kye, and outcast Cassie – find themselves thrust into unimaginable wealth after winning a staggering 50 million-dollar Megaball prize. Overnight, their ordinary lives transform into a world where anything is attainable, and shopping becomes difficult - not because you can’t afford anything, but because you can afford everything.

As the group begin to discover the truth behind their extraordinary good fortune, they unwittingly unravel a complex web of lies concealing not only their improbable win but also other so-called luck happening around them.

In this heart-pounding tale of wealth, deceit, and moral reckoning, the millionaires club find themselves entangled in a treacherous game where the price of fortune is higher than they ever imagined. As they attempt to shield their newfound riches and each other from the relentless pursuit of the truth, they begin to realize that luck can be far from good, and lies, once buried, have a way of clawing their way back to the surface.