{"product_id":"the-island-of-lost-girls-9780751566024","title":"The Island of Lost Girls","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Gripping, stomach-churning . . . Marwood is in a class of her own'' LISA JEWELL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Heart stopping'' \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e, CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A ripped-from-the-headlines thriller . . . I couldn''t put it down'' MARK EDWARDS\u003cbr\u003e________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSun-drenched glamour and obscene wealth hide the darkest of secrets and lost girls in this ripped-from-the-headlines thriller.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1985\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor twelve-year-old Mercedes, La Kastellana is the place she calls home. It is an island untouched by the modern world, with deep-rooted traditions - though that is all about to change with the arrival of multimillionaire Matthew Meade and his spoiled young daughter, Tatiana. The Meades bring with them unimaginable wealth, but the price they will all pay is far darker than Mercedes and the islanders could ever have imagined.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2016\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobin is desperately searching for her seventeen-year-old daughter Gemma, who has been missing for over a year. Finding hersel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stunning, genre-defying novel, poetic, immersive and as dazzling as the Mediterranean sun\u003c\/b\u003e even as it pulls the reader through the darkest corridors of human behaviour. \u003cb\u003eI was totally mesmerise\u003c\/b\u003ed, from the beautiful, slow-burn opening chapters right through to the \u003cb\u003egripping, stomach-churning finale\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003eAlex Marwood is in a class of her own\u003c\/b\u003e -- Lisa Jewell\u003cbr\u003eTraditional values encourage silence about sex-trafficking and murder in \u003cb\u003ethis\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eeart stopping novel . . . Wrenching . . . A richly imagined novel\u003c\/b\u003e -- Crime Book of the Month * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA ripped-from-the-headlines thriller that is both compassionate and chilling \u003c\/b\u003e. . . I couldn't put it down -- Mark Edwards\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrenched in the Mediterranean sun\u003c\/b\u003e . . . \u003cb\u003eThis thriller travels to some \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003every dark places: \u003c\/b\u003emissing girls, cruel traditions, abusive fathers. Where \u003cb\u003eit shines brightest\u003c\/b\u003e, though, is in its\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003einsightful, compassionate \u003c\/b\u003edepiction of the difficult relationship between Robin and Gemma * Observer *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGripping, timely and beautifully written\u003c\/b\u003e. Marwood blends story-telling prowess with characters so real that we inhabit their predicaments quite viscerally. The result is \u003cb\u003eirresistible\u003c\/b\u003e. -- Sophie Hannah\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis meticulously plotted tale tacks dexterously between past and present,\u003c\/b\u003e and the unfolding revelations feel both \u003cb\u003eshocking \u003c\/b\u003eand inevitable . . . Staggering emotional force: \u003cb\u003ebeautiful and terrifying\u003c\/b\u003e * Irish Times *\u003cbr\u003eA stiletto of a novel: \u003cb\u003eheart stopping and devastating\u003c\/b\u003e -- Jenny Colgan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA blisteringly immersive summer read\u003c\/b\u003e. Paradise has never been so dark and the world of the super-rich so \u003cb\u003eterrifyingly believable\u003c\/b\u003e. I'm still thinking about these characters days after reading -- Emma Styles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMoney, greed, glamour and exploitation\u003c\/b\u003e all play out in this \u003cb\u003egripping \u003c\/b\u003ethriller * Woman's Weekly *\u003cbr\u003eTopical, \u003cb\u003echilling \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003ebeautifully written\u003c\/b\u003e * Big Issue *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCompellingly immersive\u003c\/b\u003e * Irish Independent *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48736951304535,"sku":"9780751566024","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780751566024.jpg?v=1723810856","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-island-of-lost-girls-9780751566024","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}