The Mystery Section: Uncharted Horizons by Kyle Langan

Uncharted Horizons

The Uncharted Waters Chronicles Book 2

by Kyle Langan

Genre: YA Mystery

Another summer in the Hamptons was just what Kingston, Claire, Kurt, and Amelia were looking forward to after their tumultuous meeting last year. But when mysterious new residents seep into their social circle, their seemingly perfect friendship becomes frayed.

Kingston and his new girlfriend fall victim to the trappings of fame. Amelia gets an enigmatic, sexy new neighbor. Kurt meets a gorgeous southern debutante. And Claire is frantically planning a wedding to a man she doesn't want to marry.

But when a harrowing murder rocks the villages of the Hamptons, and a few of them become suspects, it's a race against time to decipher who the real murderer is - but can their friendship survive it?

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Uncharted Waters

The Uncharted Waters Chronicles Book 2

With their first year of college behind them, wealthy New Yorkers Kingston Lang and Claire Buckingham escape to the Hamptons for their annual retreat, expecting another fun-filled season of sun, surf, and friends. But their lives are forever changed when they accidentally befriend two newcomers.

Amelia Colombo is an Italian runaway that flees to the Hamptons. Kurt Nitro is a working-class landscaper looking for a job to pay his college bills. When Kingston and Claire fold these two outsiders into their circle, worlds collide, and tensions flare, causing jealousy and deceit to erupt between the bluebloods and the local island residents.

Caught in a class war between their roots and their new friends, Kingston and Claire must work out who their true allies are in a world full of manipulation, money, and greed. And they’ll have to decide quickly who they can trust before their summer of fun transforms into a summer of peril.

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What are some of your favorite books/authors?

Catcher in the Rye

Midnight Library

A Long Way Down

What book do you think everyone should read?

Catcher in the Rye

How long have you been writing?

Since I was about 8.

Do the characters all come to you at the same time or do some of them come to you as you write?

Mostly they came to me before I write. I flesh them out as much as possible, and then I let them tell me what adventures to take them on. It’s like having kids and then watching them go out into the world.

What kind of research do you do before you begin writing a book?

I like to set my current roster of books in real places, so I mention real names of restaurants, parks, and beaches in the Hamptons so that if the readers go there, they’ll have a map of where the characters went. It adds authenticity and helps them envision the story even better.

Do you see writing as a career?

I do!

Do you read yourself and if so what is your favorite genre?

I absolutely do. I actually like really dark books, which is so antithetical to my personality. Gillian Flynn is a favorite of mine.

Do you prefer to write in silence or with noise? Why?

SILENCE. I can’t have any background noise.

Do you write one book at a time or do you have several going at a time?

I need to stick to one at a time or I’ll get too confused!

Kyle Langan started writing as soon as he could pick up a pen. What started out as homemade comic books turned into short stories, then chapter books, and finally culminated into the heralded Young Adult novel, Uncharted Waters.

Set in the Hamptons, Uncharted Waters takes a splashy and humorous look at the class divide on the East End of Long Island between a group young adults. Kyle also is the Founder of the lifestyle website and brand, www.HamptonstoHollywood.com, which also chronicles the culture and people of the Hamptons and Los Angeles.

He's contributed to the L.A. Times, as well as many other print and digital publications, and hosts the streaming interview series, Town Hall Chats, for Town Hall Los Angeles. He even moderates events with millennial thought leaders across the country.

Whether he's writing, producing and hosting video projects, or just spending time with friends at the beach, Kyle is known for his optimistic outlook on life, his humor, and of course, his signature laugh.

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