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The Edgar Award-winning psychological thriller that asks the question How well can you know anyoneOn a fateful summer morning in 1986, two eleven-year-old girls meet for the first time. By the end of the day, they will both be charged with murder. Twenty-five years later, journalist Kirsty Lindsay is reporting on a series of sickening attacks on young female tourists in a seaside vacation town when her investigation leads her to interview carnival cleaner Amber Gordon. For Kirsty and Amber, its the first time theyve seen each other since that dark day so many years ago. Now with new, vastly different livesand unknowing families to protectwill they really be able to keep their wicked secret hidden Gripping and fast-paced, with an ending that will stay with you long after youve read it, The Wicked Girls will appeal to fans of the Academy Awardnominated film Heavenly Creatures and the novels of Rosamund Lupton and Chevy Stevens.
About the Author
Alex Marwood is a former journalist who worked extensively across the British press. Her first novel, The Wicked Girls, achieved widespread acclaim and international bestsellerdom. It was shortlisted for ITW, Anthony and Macavity awards, was included in Stephen King's Ten Best Books of the Year list, and won the prestigious Edgar Award. The Killer Next Door, her second novel, won the coveted Macavity Award for Best Mystery Novel, was nominated for the Anthony and Barry. The Darkest Secret, the tale of the disappearance of young Coco, met with critical and reader acclaim. The Poison Garden will be released in 2019. She has also been shortlisted for numerous other crime writing awards and her first two novels have been optioned for the screen. Marwood lives in south London and is working on her next novel.
