Let Them Watch Me Die: The Boy They Burned

<p>One moment. A lifetime of ruin.</p><p>Shaun Malhotra had everything planned &mdash; top grades a respected future and a place in a world that rewarded hard work. Then he met Ria Raisinghania: sharp-tongued magnetic and claiming to be nineteen. She wasn&rsquo;t.</p><p>When the truth comes out Shaun is branded a criminal before he can even speak. Friends turn away. Family questions his worth. Strangers decide his guilt without hearing the facts. In the court of public opinion there is no trial &mdash; only sentence.</p><p>As the walls close in Shaun&rsquo;s once-certain life begins to blur at the edges. Shadows of doubt unspoken secrets and moments that don&rsquo;t quite add up make him wonder if there&rsquo;s more to this story than anyone will admit. But in a city that feeds on scandal truth is the one thing no one wants to hear.</p><p>This searing debut novel is a haunting portrait of how easily a reputation can be destroyed &mdash; and what happens when survival means questioning everything you thought you knew.</p>