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Book SynopsisIt's 1999 and Thera Wilde is NOT a victim . . . From the award-winning author of Golden Boy, Dead Girls tells a story of Girl Power, murder and revenge.
'Tarttelin is a natural storyteller' Matt Haig
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.
That girl is Thera Wilde.
Thera was the murdered girl’s best friend. Together they were unstoppable and, even alone, Thera is not afraid: it’s 1999. Girls can do anything.
And Thera reckons she can find the killer before the police do.
'Sometimes brutal, often tender, and always compelling' Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven, on Golden Boy
Trade ReviewHarriet 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 unforgettable -- Emma Flint, author of
Little DeathsFeminist, bold, shocking, packed with little epiphanies -- Shelley Harris, author of
Jubilee and
VigilanteThe 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 time -- Samantha Baines
Enid Blyton meets Stephen King -- Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of
Harmless Like You and
Starling DaysTerrific. A poignant, brave and important book -- S J Watson, author of
Before I Go to Sleep, on
Golden BoySometimes brutal, often tender, and always compelling -- Emily St. John Mandel, author of
Station Eleven, on
Golden BoyGripping. Tarttelin is a natural storyteller -- Matt Haig, author of
The Humans and
How to Stop Time, on
Golden Boy
