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'What are you thinking, Amy? The question I've asked most often during our marriage, if not out loud, if not to the person who could answer. I suppose these questions stormcloud over every marriage: What are you thinking? How are you feeling? Who are you? What have we done to each other? What will we do?'

Just how well can you ever know the person you love? This is the question that Nick Dunne must ask himself on the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary, when his wife Amy suddenly disappears. The police immediately suspect Nick. Amy's friends reveal that she was afraid of him, that she kept secrets from him. He swears it isn't true. A police examination of his computer shows strange searches. He says they aren't his. And then there are the persistent calls on his mobile phone. So what did really did happen to Nick's beautiful wife? And what was left in that half-wrapped box left so casually on their marital bed? In this novel, marriage truly is the art of war...

1:a åtta veckor i rad på New York Times bestsellerlista!»Gone Girl är baske mig ett mästerverk. Ska ni läsa en enda bok i år, välj den här. Årets bästa deckare, utan konkurrens.« | LOTTA OLSSON, DN»En alldeles enastående bra thriller.« | YUKIKO DUKE, GOMORRON SVERIGE, SVT»Gone Girl är en läsfest.« | SVENSKA DAGBLADET»Sedan kommer vi kanske återigen att ha sex. Och en hamburgare sent på kvällen. Och ännu mer whisky. Voilà, det lyckligaste paret i kvarteret! Och så säger man att det ska vara så jobbigt att vara gift.«Nick och Amy Dunne är paret som har allt. De är charmiga, smarta och framgångsrika. Efter några hektiska år i New York slår de sig ner i en liten småstad i Missouri. Men den nya tillvaron blir inte som de tänkt sig och snart avlöser grälen varandra.På morgonen till deras femte bröllopsdag är Amy plötsligt försvunnen. I parets villa finns tydliga spår av våldsam strid. Misstankar faller snabbt på Nick, som bedyrar sin oskuld och gör vad han kan för att få polis och media på andra spår. Amys dagbok ger dock en bild av Nick som är allt annat än sympatisk. Men är han verkligen en mördare? Å andra sidan: Om han är oskyldig, var är Amy?# Över 2 miljoner sålda exemplar!# Nominerad till: Women s Prize for Fiction.# Årets bästa bok av Amazon och Barnes & Noble.# Årets mest recenserade bok på Good Reads, över 50.000 recensioner!# Översatt till 30 språk.»En superbt välskriven thriller.« JAN GRADVALL, DI WEEKEND»Gillian Flynn måste vara en av deckarvärldens skickligaste manipulatörer.« ULRIKA STAHRE, AFTONBLADET»Årets thriller.« THE GUARDIAN»Det bästa jag läst i spänningsväg på många år.« | JENS LILJESTRAND, EXPRESSENGILLIAN FLYNN är en av världens just nu mest hyllade kriminalförfattare, och hennes tredje roman Gone Girl hör till det senaste årets allra största succéer. Mörka platser, som kom på svenska 2012, fick även den lysande recensioner och utnämndes av Yukiko Duke i SVT:s Gomorron Sverige till »Höstens absolut bästa deckare!« med betyget »en klar 5:a«. Gillian Flynn är bosatt i Chicago.

1:a åtta veckor i rad på New York Times bestsellerlista!»Gone Girl är baske mig ett mästerverk. Ska ni läsa en enda bok i år, välj den här. Årets bästa deckare, utan konkurrens.« | LOTTA OLSSON, DN»En alldeles enastående bra thriller.« | YUKIKO DUKE, GOMORRON SVERIGE, SVT»Gone Girl är en läsfest.« | SVENSKA DAGBLADET»Sedan kommer vi kanske återigen att ha sex. Och en hamburgare sent på kvällen. Och ännu mer whisky. Voilà, det lyckligaste paret i kvarteret! Och så säger man att det ska vara så jobbigt att vara gift.«Nick och Amy Dunne är paret som har allt. De är charmiga, smarta och framgångsrika. Efter några hektiska år i New York slår de sig ner i en liten småstad i Missouri. Men den nya tillvaron blir inte som de tänkt sig och snart avlöser grälen varandra.På morgonen till deras femte bröllopsdag är Amy plötsligt försvunnen. I parets villa finns tydliga spår av våldsam strid. Misstankar faller snabbt på Nick, som bedyrar sin oskuld och gör vad han kan för att få polis och media på andra spår. Amys dagbok ger dock en bild av Nick som är allt annat än sympatisk. Men är han verkligen en mördare? Å andra sidan: Om han är oskyldig, var är Amy?# Över 2 miljoner sålda exemplar!# Nominerad till: Women s Prize for Fiction.# Årets bästa bok av Amazon och Barnes & Noble.# Årets mest recenserade bok på Good Reads, över 50.000 recensioner!# Översatt till 30 språk.»En superbt välskriven thriller.« JAN GRADVALL, DI WEEKEND»Gillian Flynn måste vara en av deckarvärldens skickligaste manipulatörer.« ULRIKA STAHRE, AFTONBLADET»Årets thriller.« THE GUARDIAN»Det bästa jag läst i spänningsväg på många år.« | JENS LILJESTRAND, EXPRESSENGILLIAN FLYNN är en av världens just nu mest hyllade kriminalförfattare, och hennes tredje roman Gone Girl hör till det senaste årets allra största succéer. Mörka platser, som kom på svenska 2012, fick även den lysande recensioner och utnämndes av Yukiko Duke i SVT:s Gomorron Sverige till »Höstens absolut bästa deckare!« med betyget »en klar 5:a«. Gillian Flynn är bosatt i Chicago.

1:a åtta veckor i rad på New York Times bestsellerlista!»Gone Girl är baske mig ett mästerverk. Ska ni läsa en enda bok i år, välj den här. Årets bästa deckare, utan konkurrens.« LOTTA OLSSON, DN»En alldeles enastående bra thriller.« YUKIKO DUKE, GOMORRON SVERIGE, SVT»Gone Girl är en läsfest.« SVENSKA DAGBLADET»Det bästa jag läst i spänningsväg på många år.« JENS LILJESTRAND, EXPRESSEN»Sedan kommer vi kanske återigen att ha sex. Och en hamburgare sent på kvällen. Och ännu mer whisky. Voilà, det lyckligaste paret i kvarteret! Och så säger man att det ska vara så jobbigt att vara gift.«Nick och Amy Dunne är paret som har allt. De är charmiga, smarta och framgångsrika. Efter några hektiska år i New York slår de sig ner i en liten småstad i Missouri. Men den nya tillvaron blir inte som de tänkt sig och snart avlöser grälen varandra.På morgonen till deras femte bröllopsdag är Amy plötsligt försvunnen. I parets villa finns tydliga spår av våldsam strid. Misstankar faller snabbt på Nick, som bedyrar sin oskuld och gör vad han kan för att få polis och media på andra spår. Amys dagbok ger dock en bild av Nick som är allt annat än sympatisk. Men är han verkligen en mördare? Å andra sidan: Om han är oskyldig, var är Amy?# Över 2 miljoner sålda exemplar!# Nominerad till: Women s Prize for Fiction.# Årets bästa bok av Amazon och Barnes & Noble.# Årets mest recenserade bok på Good Reads, över 50.000 recensioner!# Översatt till 30 språk.»En superbt välskriven thriller.« JAN GRADVALL, DI WEEKEND»Gillian Flynn måste vara en av deckarvärldens skickligaste manipulatörer.« ULRIKA STAHRE, AFTONBLADET»Årets thriller.« THE GUARDIANGILLIAN FLYNN är en av världens just nu mest hyllade kriminalförfattare, och hennes tredje roman Gone Girl hör till det senaste årets allra största succéer. Mörka platser, som kom på svenska 2012, fick även den lysande recensioner och utnämndes av Yukiko Duke i SVT:s Gomorron Sverige till »Höstens absolut bästa deckare!« med betyget »en klar 5:a«. Gillian Flynn är bosatt i Chicago.

**Read the must-have Sunday Times bestseller today. GONE GIRL meets THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN in this stunning, unsettling psychological thriller.**A baby goes missing. But does her mother want her back?When Estelle’s baby daughter is taken from her cot, she doesn’t report her missing. Days later, Estelle is found in a wrecked car, with a wound to her head and no memory.Estelle knows she holds the key to what happened that night – but what she doesn’t know is whether she was responsible…

THE ADDICTIVE No.1 BESTSELLER AND INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENONOVER 20 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDETHE BOOK THAT DEFINES PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLERWho are you?What have we done to each other?These are the questions Nick Dunne finds himself asking on the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary, when his wife Amy suddenly disappears. The police suspect Nick. Amy's friends reveal that she was afraid of him, that she kept secrets from him. He swears it isn't true. A police examination of his computer shows strange searches. He says they weren't made by him. And then there are the persistent calls on his mobile phone. So what really did happen to Nick's beautiful wife?'Flynn is a brilliantly accomplished psychological crime writer and this latest book is so dark, so twisted and so utterly compelling that it actually messes with your mind' DAILY MAIL'A near-masterpiece. Flynn is an extraordinary writer who, with every sentence, makes words do things that other writers merely dream of' SOPHIE HANNAH, Sunday Express'You think you're reading a good, conventional thriller and then it grows into a fascinating portrait of one averagely mismatched relationship...Nothing's as it seems - Flynn is a fabulous plotter, and a very sharp observer of modern life in the aftermath of the credit crunch' THE TIMES'One of the most popular thrillers of the year is also one of the smartest... Flynn's book cleverly outpaces its neo-noir trappings and consistently surprises the reader.' FINANCIAL TIMES

The follow-up to "Death Drop," the second book in our drag queen "Killer Queen" mystery series. Having graduated now from drag school, Jem is thrilled when he's hired to help out Miss Queer Mississippi at the Miss Queer America pageant. The only problem? The pageant is being held in Florida, the "don't say gay" state, as an act of political defiance! But once Jem—accompanied by friends Kyle and Ellis—arrives in St. Petersburg, it's soon apparent a lot of the chaos surrounding the pageant is more than just the usual backstage backstabbing and politics, but part of a bigger plan . . . and when a contestant disappears and is presumed dead, Jem and company have to put on their sleuthing caps, find the missing contestant and save the pageant!

THE ADDICTIVE No.1 BESTSELLER AND INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENONOVER 20 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDEWho are you?What have we done to each other?These are the questions Nick Dunne finds himself asking on the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary, when his wife Amy suddenly disappears. The police suspect Nick. Amy's friends reveal that she was afraid of him, that she kept secrets from him. He swears it isn't true. A police examination of his computer shows strange searches. He says they weren't made by him. And then there are the persistent calls on his mobile phone. So what really did happen to Nick's beautiful wife?

Everyone believes that Lenora Hope is a mass murderer.When the Hope family was massacred decades ago, she was the only one left after that tragic night.Mute, paralysed and confined to a wheelchair, Lenora has never been able to tell her side of the story.Until her new live-in caregiver Kit brings her a typewriter.And with one working finger Lenora begins to type:I want to tell you everything.THE HEART-POUNDING GOTHIC THRILLER FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHORReaders LOVE The Only One Left:'Plot twists on plot twists! A story that keeps you guessing throughout' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Kept me guessing to the very end' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I literally couldn't leave this story alone' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'The tension throughout this book is so intense it is breathtaking' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I devoured this in a single sitting' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Laden with an abundance of twists and turns that are truly mind-bending' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'The ending though . . . didn't see that one coming!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Riley never fails . . . now to wait for the next book...' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐And your favourite authors love it too . . .'A master storyteller' ALEX MICHAELIDES'Spine-chilling' RUTH WARE'Twisty' SHARI LAPENA'Addictive' STEPHANIE WROBEL'Propulsive' ELLERY LLOYD'Terrific' KARIN SLAUGHTER'Shocking' LISA GARDNER

'A MYSTERY WRAPPED INSIDE A LOVE STORY. A STUNNING DEBUT' ALICE FEENEY'THIS IS THE THRILLER I NEEDED TO FILL THAT GONE GIRL-SHAPED HOLE' RUTH MANCINI'A gripping, page-turning tale for fans of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and complex male-female friendships' WOMAN'S OWN'A brilliantly absorbing modern mystery' HEAT'Bound to be the biggest book of 2026''This mystery-thriller has it all''The twisty domestic suspense of Lisa Jewell blended with the soft romantic yearning of B.K. Borison''I absolutely ADORED this''A reminder of why I love reading''This story had me in an absolute chokehold''Killer plot, twists and romance . . . an edge of your seat thriller''A brilliantly written thriller with the undercurrent of deep romantic love''Funny, heartbreaking and so beautiful''I genuinely cannot fault this book''I don't think I've ever been so engrossed''You will fall hopelessly in love with these characters''Absolutely addictive. This story might keep you up at night''THIS AMAZING THRILLER MIGHT JUST SAVE YOUR LIFE' Benny and Joy like to say that they've been saving each other since the moment they met.Until the day Joy disappears and Benny is accused of her murder.Best friends Benny and Joy host a beloved 'comedy survival' podcast, gleefully finding life-affirming humour in near-death experiences.When Benny arrives at Joy and her husband's home one morning to record, he finds shattered glass and an empty house.With Joy missing and the hours ticking by, not even their most devoted fans could guess the terrible secrets they have hidden from the world - and from each other.If Benny wants to find Joy in time, and clear his own name, he'll have to solve the highest stakes survival story yet.'A heart-pounding thriller and a heart-melting romance' ANNABEL MONAGHAN'One of the best thrillers I've read this year' AMY TINTERA'A meticulously plotted mystery wrapped up in a tender love story' CRESSIDA McLAUGHLIN'The pages practically turn themselves in this nuanced thriller' NINA SIMON

The New York Times No.1 bestselling and multi award-winning YA crime thriller and TikTok sensation that everyone is talking about. Now a major BBC series! ‘A taut, compulsively readable, elegantly plotted thriller', GUARDIAN 'Prepare to be murdered by this book. Dark, dangerous – my heart literally pounded', LAURA STEVEN, author of bestselling Infinite Fates The case is closed. Five years ago, schoolgirl Andie Bell was murdered by Sal Singh. The police know he did it. Everyone in town knows he did it.But having grown up in the same small town that was consumed by the crime, Pippa Fitz-Amobi isn't so sure. When she chooses the case as the topic for her final project, she starts to uncover secrets that someone in town desperately wants to stay hidden. And if the real killer is still out there, how far will they go to keep Pip from the truth … ?

As in all hospitals, the medical hierarchy of The House of God was a pyramid - a lot at the bottom and one at the top.Put another way it was like an ice-cream cone...you had to lick your way up!Roy Basch, the 'red-hot' Rhodes Scholar, thought differently - but then he hadn't met Hyper Hooper, out to win the most post-mortems of the year award, nor Molly, the nurse with the crash helmet.He hadn't even met any of the Gomers ('Get Out of My Emergency Room!'), the no-hopers who wanted to die but who were worth more alive!

'Shirley Jackson's stories are among the most terrifying ever written' Donna TarttThis is the definitive collection of Shirley Jackson's short stories, including 'The Lottery' - one of the most terrifying and iconic stories of the twentieth century, and an influence on writers such as Stephen King.In these stories an excellent host finds himself turned out of home by his own guests; a woman spends her wedding day frantically searching for her husband-to-be; and in Shirley Jackson's best-known story, a small farming village comes together for a terrible annual ritual. The creeping unease of lives squandered and the bloody glee of lives lost is chillingly captured in these tales of wasted potential and casual cruelty by a master of the short story.Shirley Jackson's chilling tales have the power to unsettle and terrify unlike any other. She was born in California in 1916. When her short story The Lottery was first published in The New Yorker in 1948, readers were so horrified they sent her hate mail; it has since become one of the greatest American stories of all time. Her first novel, The Road Through the Wall, was published in the same year and was followed by five more: Hangsaman, The Bird's Nest, The Sundial, The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, widely seen as her masterpiece. Shirley Jackson died in her sleep at the age of 48.'Her stories are stunning, timeless - as relevant and terrifying now as when they were first published ... 'The Lottery' is so much an icon in the history of the American short story that one could argue it has moved from the canon of American twentieth-century fiction directly into the American psyche, our collective unconscious' A. M. Homes

Some scars never heal . . . An addictive thriller from the author of the mega bestseller GONE GIRL.When two girls are abducted and killed in Missouri, journalist Camille Preaker is sent back to her home town to report on the crimes.Long-haunted by a childhood tragedy and estranged from her mother for years, Camille suddenly finds herself installed once again in her family's mansion, reacquainting herself with her distant mother and the half-sister she barely knows - a precocious 13-year-old who holds a disquieting grip on the town.As Camille works to uncover the truth about these violent crimes, she finds herself identifying with the young victims - a bit too strongly. Clues keep leading to dead ends, forcing Camille to unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past to get at the story. Dogged by her own demons, Camille will have to confront what happened to her years before if she wants to survive this homecoming.

“A tense, enthralling psychological thriller.”- Guardian“More than just a killer premise... a propulsive YA thriller.”- Culturefly“Kill Creatures blew me away. A YA thriller masterclass.Nan is a standout protagonist, all jagged edges and pointed teethbut with a soft and vulnerable underbelly. I cannot stop thinkingabout it. Rory Power is at her very best” - LauraSteven, author of Our Infinite Fates“A shuddery and gripping specter of a book, Kill Creaturesis an ode to the knife-sharp edges of teenage friendship.”- Ava Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author of AStudy in Drowning“Electric…a terrifying and stunningly crafted thriller.”- Kara A. Kennedy, author of I Will NeverLeave You“Kill Creatures grabs you by the throat and demands tobe read in a single sitting.” - Kara Thomas, author ofThat Weekend and The Cheerleaders“Kill Creatures is a pulse-pounding page-turner. A truemaster class in suspense, character, and tension.” -Kayla Cottingham, New York Times bestselling author of MyDearest Darkest  From the bestselling author of WilderGirls and queen of twisty narratives, Rory Power, comes herhighly anticipated new Young Adult thriller. An instant NewYork Times bestseller. Last summer, Nan's threebest friends disappeared into Saltcedar Canyon.She'sspent the year since grieving their loss and avoiding questionsabout what happened that night. Now, on the anniversary, she's readyto say goodbye, and so are the girls' families, who have reconvenedto hold a memorial. But their vigil is interrupted by theshocking return of one of the missing girls alive. Everybody is overjoyed.Everybody, that is, except Nan, who was pretty sure theywere dead.After all, she's the one who killed them. Atmospheric, fast-paced and vividly realised, Kill Creaturesis a book about secrets, jealousy, violence and revenge.Perfect for fans of A Good Girls Guide to Murderand Gone Girl.  Reviewsfor Wilder Girls:'Your newfavourite book' Cosmopolitan'Whollyoriginal and compelling'  Observer'A staggering gut punch of a book' Kirkus Rory Power lives in Rhode Island.She has an MA in prose fiction from the University of EastAnglia, and is the New York Times bestselling author of WilderGirls, Burn Our Bodies Down, and In a GardenBurning Gold.

The gripping psychological thriller from the host of the CRIME JUNKIE podcast - an instant New York Times bestseller!'A propulsive mystery with excellent writing and a genuine beating heart at its centre. Simply a great read!'GILLIAN FLYNN, author of Gone Girl'A gripping, tense story of sisterhood for women everywhere' GILLIAN MCALLISTER, author of Wrong Place Wrong Time'Sharp, slick, and chilling, with a whiplash ending you'll never see coming' JENEVA ROSE, author of Home Is Where the Bodies Are__________________________________________Nicole Monroe is in a rut. At twenty-four, she lives alone in a tiny apartment in her hometown in Indiana, she's just gotten a DWI, and she works the same dead-end job she's been working since high school. Everyone has felt sorry for her for the last seven years - since the day her older sister, Kasey, vanished without a trace.On the night Kasey went missing, her car was found over a hundred miles from home. The driver's door was open and her purse was untouched in the seat next to it. The only real clue in her disappearance was Jules Connor, another young woman from the same area who disappeared in the same way, two weeks earlier. But with so little for the police to go on, both cases eventually went cold.Nic wants nothing more than to move on from her sister's disappearance and the state it's left her in. But then one day, Jules's sister, Jenna Connor, walks into Nic's life and offers her something she hasn't felt in a long time: hope.What follows is a gripping tale of two sisters who will do anything to find their missing halves, even if it means destroying everything they've ever known.

Clarice Lispector's sensational, prize-winning debut novel Near to the Wild Heart was published when she was just twenty-three and earned her the name 'Hurricane Clarice'. It tells the story of Joana, from her wild, creative childhood, as the 'little egg' who writes poems for her father, through her marriage to the faithless Otávio and on to her decision to make her own way in the world. As Joana, endlessly mutable, moves through different emotional states, different inner lives and different truths, this impressionistic, dreamlike and fiercely intelligent novel asks if any of us ever really know who we are.Clarice Lispector was a Brazilian novelist and short story writer. Her innovation in fiction brought her international renown. References to her literary work pervade the music and literature of Brazil and Latin America. She was born in the Ukraine in 1920, but in the aftermath of World War I and the Russian Civil War, the family fled to Romania and eventually sailed to Brazil. In 1933, Clarice Lispector encountered Hermann Hesse's Steppenwolf, which convinced her that she was meant to write. She published her first novel, Near to the Wildheart in 1943 when she was just twenty-three, and the next year was awarded the Graça Aranha Prize for the best first novel. Many felt she had given Brazillian literature a unique voice in the larger context of Portuguese literature. After living variously in Italy, the UK, Switzerland and the US, in 1959, Lispector with her children returned to Brazil where she wrote her most influential novels including The Passion According to G.H. She died in 1977, shortly after the publication of her final novel, The Hour of the Star.

'A MYSTERY WRAPPED INSIDE A LOVE STORY. A STUNNING DEBUT' ALICE FEENEY'THIS IS THE THRILLER I NEEDED TO FILL THAT GONE GIRL-SHAPED HOLE' RUTH MANCINI'A gripping, page-turning tale for fans of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and complex male-female friendships' WOMAN'S OWN'Both a love story and a thriller, this is a must-read' SUN'A brilliantly absorbing modern mystery' HEAT'Bound to be the biggest book of 2026''This mystery-thriller has it all''The twisty domestic suspense of Lisa Jewell blended with the soft romantic yearning of B.K. Borison''I absolutely ADORED this''A reminder of why I love reading''This story had me in an absolute chokehold''A brilliantly written thriller with the undercurrent of deep romantic love''Funny, heartbreaking and so beautiful''I don't think I've ever been so engrossed''You will fall hopelessly in love with these characters''Absolutely addictive. This story might keep you up at night''THIS AMAZING THRILLER MIGHT JUST SAVE YOUR LIFE' Benny and Joy like to say that they've been saving each other since the moment they met.Until the day Joy disappears and Benny is accused of her murder.Best friends Benny and Joy host a beloved 'comedy survival' podcast, gleefully finding life-affirming humour in near-death experiences.When Benny arrives at Joy and her husband's home one morning to record, he finds shattered glass and an empty house.With Joy missing and the hours ticking by, not even their most devoted fans could guess the terrible secrets they have hidden from the world - and from each other.If Benny wants to find Joy in time, and clear his own name, he'll have to solve the highest stakes survival story yet. 'A heart-pounding thriller and a heart-melting romance' ANNABEL MONAGHAN'One of the best thrillers I've read this year' AMY TINTERA'A meticulously plotted mystery wrapped up in a tender love story' CRESSIDA McLAUGHLIN'The pages practically turn themselves in this nuanced thriller' NINA SIMON

'This is the one: the next must-read, must-discuss novel' A.J. FINN'A terrific debut from a promising talent' KARIN SLAUGHTER'I will be thinking about it for years ... I loved it' GILLIAN McALLISTER---She could be anyone. She could be you.Nobody ever found out what happened to Laika Martenwood, the girl who vanished without a trace on her way to school one morning. But for her sister Willa, life shattered into tiny pieces that day, and she has never been able to put them back together again.Willa sees Laika everywhere: on buses, at parties, in busy streets. It’s been twenty-five years, and the only thing that has kept her going is her belief that her sister is alive, somewhere.But when a dinner party conversation about childhood memories spirals out of control, a shattering revelation from one of the guests forces Willa to rethink everything she thought she knew about her past. And, out of the debris of that explosive evening, the truth of what really happened begins to emerge. Piece by piece.---'A genuine page-turner' ALICE FEENEY'So, so, so good' CHRIS WHITAKER'Enthralling and unmissable' EMILIA HART'Compelling' CLAIRE FULLER

'Audacious and instantly gripping . . . Whidbey is deeply satisfying' Catherine Chidgey, New York Times 'There is, to put it simply, no book quite like Whidbey' Vogue'In the realm of Patricia Highsmith and Gone Girl' Chelsea Bieker'A masterpiece' Carmen Maria Machado----You want to know who did it, but that was never the question. Or, it was never the right one.Birdie Chang doesn't know much about Whidbey Island, only that it is far. On the ferry, she has an unnerving encounter with a stranger, where she finds herself telling him everything: how she was sexually abused as a child, how the perpetrator now walks free, how the calls and emails from him haven't stopped and she is on the run; how she wants to kill him. The stranger poses a shocking question - if she agrees, he will murder the man who hurt her, with no strings attached. She gives him a name.On the other side of the country, Mary-Beth receives a phone call from the police: her only son has been murdered. What follows is a complex story of three women connected through one man: Birdie, a woman on the run from her past and her abuser; Mary-Beth, the abuser's loving mother; and Linzie, a former reality star turned bestselling memoirist, and another victim of the same man.Whidbey is a brilliant reimagining of the whodunnit - a searing, propulsive novel that asks who has real power over a story: the one who lives it, or the one who tells it?Women are rarely in receipt of what they are owed.