Most Wanted, Book 2 is the second book of the Most Wanted series. It succeeds its first book, Most Wanted, Book 1. This book has now been canceled as of 2021.
According to Andrew Shvarts, Book 2 would have begun right where the first one ended, right after the death of Hayley Rose. Sam would've stayed in L.A. to investigate Hayley's murder due it's possible connection to Tull.
Together, the trail would have lead her and Dave to a decadent secret cult of the Hollywood elite... a cult they would have to infiltrate. The cult would be based on an obscure series of Fantasy novels from the 70's, led by the series' reclusive author. Hayley was a member of the cult, and was killed because they were concerned she would flip in jail.
Her killer, the primary enforcer of the cult, would have been a massive murderous cultist called The Beast, who had had surgery to be redone as a monster from the novels.
The final showdown would have involved saving a bunch of hostages from him, and the story would have branched differently depending on the reader's previous choices.
In the end, Sam and Dave would have shared a kiss, and Sam would have taken a permanent position in the LAPD homicide unit alongside Dave.
Chapters
Canceled.
Gallery
Thumbnail Cover (Version 1) (Old Interface)
Thumbnail Cover (Version 2) (Old Interface)
In-Game Banner (Version 1) (Old Interface)
In-Game Banner (Version 2 with Coming Soon) (Old Interface)
In-Game Banner (Unused New Chapters) (Old Interface)
Status of Book 2 as of September 3, 2018
New Update regarding Most Wanted 2 from Insta
Choosing Mystery Ad for MW
Info on Release Date via the App
Theresa, Logan and Alyssa in Snapchat Ad for Choices
January 11 2019 Update on MW 2
Hero 2 & MW 2 03-22-2019 Status Update
MW will not be getting a sequel
Spoilers
The book was confirmed on a promotional poster in the Google Play Store.
On May 18, 2017, Pixelberry stated that Most Wanted is on hiatus, but it wasn't forgotten. [1]
In Pixelberry's "Growing From: Rant Ahead, Be Aware" blog, it was stated that the reason for Most Wanted's current hiatus is because it hadn't been as financially successful as The Freshman series or The Crown and The Flame series. However, they have stated hoping to return to it when the time is right.[2]
On May 16, 2018, it was announced in Pixelberry's 'Spring News' blog that Book 2 of the series is still on hiatus.[3]
As of September 3, 2018, Pixelberry has confirmed that the book is still on hiatus.[4]
On September 8, 2018, during a Choices' Instagram Livestream, Max, a producer and one of the original writers of Most Wanted, Book 1 and The Royal Romance, replied about the future of the series, stating that the reason for the long break is that the writers are working on several projects right now, and they don't have a good solid idea how to continue the book's story while adding new game-play mechanics, all without making the book bad. But he said that they are still planning on bringing the team together at some point and making the second book.
On November 30, 2018, PB released a new blogpost where they revealed several things about the future of this book and the series overall[5], including:
Most Wanted continues to be on hiatus.
While PB loves Sam and Dave, they just haven’t had the right writers available at the right time to start work together on this book yet.
PB promised however, that when the time is right, they intend to revisit Most Wanted.
On January 22, 2021, PB released a blogpost confirming the book is officially canceled.[6]
On or around September 25, 2023, Storyloom released their first chapter of Choices Secrets Revealed!. In it, Andrew answers the question to what would have happened in Book 2. Crimes of Passion, Book 1 borrowed a lot of what was intended for Book 2, especially the cult initiation scenes. He says readers can imagine Sam and Dave in those scenes, instead of Your Character (Crimes of Passion) and Trystan Thorne.
Trivia
This is the only canceled book to have its own covers published in advance, which was used on the older Choices versions.
In the 13th chapter of Endless Summer, Book 1, the player has the option of playing an arcade game that is named Most Wanted 2, and the game is described as a fictionalization of several "crazy murder cases" in LA. The game shows avatars of (but stops shorts of referring to by name) Dave and Sam. It is described that the game's antagonists are members of a cult; since a cult was not featured in the previous book of Most Wanted, this can be taken to mean that a cult would have been featured in this book.
