Synopsis
Immerse yourself in the tension of 1999 that sweeps across Abigail Tarttelin's Dead Girls. A gripping tale of friendship, audacity, and a murder that shatters a tranquil village.
A quiet community is shocked by the murder of an eleven-year-old girl. As police swarm the village, fear compels parents to keep their children indoors. Unbeknown to her Mum and Dad, though, one girl roams free.
Thera Wilde was the girls best friend. Now alone she is determined to find the killer who murdered her friend. Slipping under her parents' radar she embarks on a fearless quest for justice.
'Sometimes brutal, often tender, and always compelling' – Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven, on Golden Boy
Details
10 January 2019448 pages
9781509852765Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Harriet the Spy is all grown up – and readying herself to take on the darkness of the adult world. This somehow manages to combine mystery, thriller, horror, and a lovely elegy to lost friendship . . . Completely unforgettableEmma Flint, author of Little Deaths
Feminist, bold, shocking, packed with little epiphaniesShelley Harris, author of Jubilee and Vigilante
The things we tell young girls to keep them safe might be the most dangerous of all . . . An utterly compelling page-turner that will stay with me for a long timeSamantha Baines
Enid Blyton meets Stephen KingRowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of Harmless Like You and Starling Days
