{"product_id":"the-secret-place-9781444755619","title":"The Secret Place","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A gripping read for those still pining for GONE GIRL'' \u003ci\u003eElle''s top five beach reads\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe photo shows a boy who was murdered a year ago.\u003cbr\u003eThe caption says, ''I KNOW WHO KILLED HIM''.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eDetective Stephen Moran hasn''t seen Holly Mackey since she was a nine-year-old witness to the events of \u003ci\u003eFaithful Place\u003c\/i\u003e. Now she''s sixteen and she''s shown up outside his squad room, with a photograph and a story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEven in her exclusive boarding school, in the graceful golden world that Stephen has always longed for, bad things happen and people have secrets. The previous year, Christopher Harper, from the neighbouring boys'' school, was found murdered on the grounds. And today, in the Secret Place - the school noticeboard where girls can pin up their secrets anonymously - Holly found the card.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSolving this case could take Stephen onto the Murder squad. But to get it solved, he will have to work with Detective Antoinette Conway - tough, prickly, \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe new Tartt\u003c\/b\u003e - the thriller that's every bit as good as \u003ci\u003eThe Secret History\u003c\/i\u003e . . . \u003cb\u003eClassic in the making\u003c\/b\u003e. * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eFrench is \u003cb\u003eone of the most consistently exciting crime novelists\u003c\/b\u003e working today. \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Place\u003c\/i\u003e may be her most ambitious book yet . . . \u003cb\u003ecompletely riveting\u003c\/b\u003e. French offers a chilling portrait of the ways in which teenage friendships can overrule any conventional morality. * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eTana French is now \u003cb\u003ethe undisputed queen of Irish crime fiction\u003c\/b\u003e . . . her books transcend genre. Her prose is \"literary fiction\", her plots are intricate, her characters and dialogue compellingly real. * Sunday Independent *\u003cbr\u003eThis riveting crime novel may be set in a girls' school but it is definitely not kids' stuff. \u003cb\u003eFrench's prose glitters, creating a gripping mystery set in a world of shadows and tension\u003c\/b\u003e * Sunday Mirror *\u003cbr\u003eThis transcends its thriller origins. * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eA particularly well written page-turner. * Daily Express *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48724171358551,"sku":"9781444755619","price":8.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781444755619.jpg?v=1719847336","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-secret-place-9781444755619","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}