FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF ALL THE COLOURS OF THE DARK AND WE BEGIN AT THE END.
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 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 . . .
'A very real, very rare talent' SARAH HILARY
'Wonderful' M. R. CAREY
'Riveting' VASEEM KHAN
'Amazing' LISA HALL
'Gripping and heartbreaking' DEBORAH O'CONNOR
'Phenomenal' JO SPAIN
'Stunning' MICHELLE DAVIS
'Remarkable' MIKE THOMAS
'Dark, evocative and the characters will break your heart' TAMMY COHEN Chris Whitaker is the award-winning author of adult fiction Tall Oaks, All the Wicked Girls and We Begin at the End. Tall Oaks was the winner of the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger Award and We Begin At The End was a Waterstones Thriller of the Month, a New York Times bestseller, a Der Spiegel bestseller, an international #1 bestseller and winner of the CWA Gold Dagger Award, the Ned Kelly Best International Crime Award, and the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF TALL OAKS COMES AN OUTSTANDING NEW THRILLER.
EVEN SMALL TOWNS CAN HIDE BIG SECRETS . . . Tall Oaks was one of the most highly acclaimed crime debuts of 2016, featuring on numerous 'Book of the Year' lists A bold new package, as Chris moves in a darker and more powerful direction Ambitious campaign expected for Chris Whitaker with reviews across the national newspapers and magazines including The Literary Review, GQ and Esquire. Chris will also be pitched widely for broadcast interviews and festivals events throughout 2017. Promotion through advance reading communities and reader recommendation sites, with bespoke content produced for social media sharing Tall Oaks won the 2017 CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger. Chris Whitaker is leading the pack of hungry young crime writers by a long mile. He writes like a dark angel, conjuring characters and places so memorable you'll ache when it's over. A very real, very rare talent A novel you swallow whole because you can't help yourself, and then go back a second time to savour what you missed. Wonderful Riveting read. A psychological thriller that stands out from the mass - stylishly written, with a slick command of language and location, and a great 'missing girl' mystery at its core. Great stuff! This book blew me away. Extraordinarily good. Gripping and heartbreaking Phenomenal BOOK OF THE MONTH - Chris Whitaker's stunning debut Tall Oaks featured a quirky mix of poignancy and humour that sticks hard in my memory and his rapid follow-up offers much of the same, but with the comedic elements gently muted: tortured souls, a police officer who can't disentangle the personal from the professional, missing persons, the oppressive background of small-town America and a merciless journey through every stage of personal grief. Despite the outward similarities, it's a major achievement. Following the disappearance of her much-loved model sister Summer in the wake of five other church-attending young women from the area similarly gone missing, misfit Raine seeks out the truth and uncovers layers of secrets and everyday evil in her Alabama town. Bleak, involving, a delicately sketched portrait of bigotry and prejudice and human emotions dancing the light fantastic, this renews a tired genre with a dose of heart and empathy which appears to be becoming Whitaker's forte All the Wicked Girls is impossibly good. And beautiful. And melancholy, utterly compelling and difficult to describe. I love this book . . . All the Wicked Girls is in my top ten books I've read ever let alone this year. And trust me that's a lot of competition to overcome . . . Chri
