*** FROM THE AUTHOR OF TALL OAKS, WINNER OF THE CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION JOHN CREASEY NEW BLOOD DAGGER AWARD, AND WE BEGIN AT THE END, 2020's MOST CAPTIVATING AND UNFORGETTABLE READ***
With the haunting mystery of The Roanoke Girls, the atmospheric landscape of Where the Crawdads Sing and the darkness of Gillian Flynn's Sharp Objects, All the Wicked Girls is a gripping thriller with a huge heart from an exceptional talent.
Everyone loves Summer Ryan. A model student and musical prodigy, she's a ray of light in the struggling small town of Grace - especially compared to her troubled sister, Raine. Then Summer vanishes.
Raine throws herself into the investigation, aided by a most unlikely ally, but the closer she gets to the truth, the more dangerous her search becomes.
And perhaps there was always more to Summer than met the eye . . .
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'A very real, very rare talent' Sarah Hilary
'Wonderful' M. R. Carey, author of The Girl With All The Gifts
'Chris is so amazing. He just has this real knack of creating characters that you're completely engaged with . . . I was hooked by his beautiful prose and by the end I was absolutely ruined' Lisa Hall, author of Between You And Me
'Extraordinarily good. Gripping and heartbreaking' Deborah O'Connor, author of My Husband's Son
'Phenomenal' Jo Spain
'Stunning' Michelle Davis
'Remarkable' Mike Thomas
'Impossibly good. And beautiful. And melancholy, utterly compelling and difficult to describe. I love this book' Liz Loves Books
Vorwort
The outstanding new crime thriller from the highly acclaimed author of Tall Oaks
Autorentext
Chris Whitaker
Zusammenfassung
"Raine sometimes complains that nothing exciting is ever gonna happen in Grace again. Daddy told her careful what you wish for."
Everyone loves Summer Ryan. A model student and musical prodigy, she's a ray of light in the struggling small town of Grace, Alabama - especially compared to her troubled sister, Raine.
Then Summer goes missing.
Grace is already simmering, and with this new tragedy the police have their hands full keeping the peace. Only Raine throws herself into the search, supported by a most unlikely ally.
But perhaps there was always more to Summer than met the eye . . .
A gripping crime novel with a huge heart, this is the second novel from the exceptionally talented Chris Whitaker.