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When seventeen-year-old Emma leaves her best friend Abi at a party in the woods, she believes, like most girls her age, that their lives are just beginning. Many things will happen that night, but Emma will never see her friend again.
Abi's disappearance cracks open the façade of the small town of Whistling Ridge, its intimate history of long-held grudges and resentment. Even within Abi's family, there are questions to be asked - of Noah, the older brother whom Abi betrayed, of Jude, the shining younger sibling who hides his battle scars, of Dolly, her mother and Samuel, her father - both in thrall to the fire and brimstone preacher who holds the entire town in his grasp. Then there is Rat, the outsider, whose presence in the town both unsettles and excites those around him.
Anything could happen in Whistling Ridge, this tinder box of small-town rage, and all it will take is just one spark - the truth of what really happened that night out at the Tall Bones....
'Wonderfully haunting' JANE HARPER, author of The Dry 'Extremely
well written, fantastic' HARRIET TYCE, author of Blood Orange
'Conjuring up... Twin Peaks and Gillian Flynn's Sharp Objects'
Stylist 'Spellbinding.... a stunning debut' Woman & Home
'Irresistible' PAULA HAWKINS, author of The Girl on the Train
'Clever, twisting' FRANCINE TOON, author of Pine 'A nuanced
thriller that will haunt you long after you race through its pages'
Grazia 'One of the most exciting debuts of the year' Sunday Express
________________________________________________ When Emma leaves
her friend Abi at a party in the woods, she believes that their
lives are just beginning. Many things will happen that night,
beneath the stark beauty of the stars, but Emma will never see her
friend again. But what happens next in Whistling Ridge is so much
more than the story of a missing girl. It's a spellbinding story
that will keep you guessing, a story of surprises and secrets,
regrets and rage, love and lies. Abi's disappearance cracks open
the facade of this small town, peeling away the layers of its past.
Even within Abi's own family there are questions to be asked - of
the older brother whom Abi betrayed, of the shining younger sibling
who hides his wounds, of her mother and her father - both in thrall
to the fiery preacher who has an unsettling grasp on the whole
town. And then there is Rat, the outsider, whose exciting presence
is a catalyst for change. Anything could happen in a tinder-box
like Whistling Ridge. All it will take is just one spark...the
truth of what happened that night at the Tall Bones. Beautifully
written, arresting, and constantly surprising, TALL BONES is a
gripping read from a stunning new voice.
______________________________________ READERS AND REVIEWERS praise
TALL BONES: 'A striking first novel' Observer 'Fast-paced and
moving' Literary Review 'Will haunt you long after you race through
its pages' Grazia (Book of the Month) 'A compulsive literary
crime-drama' Culturefly 'Bailey writes like a dream' Emma Flint,
author of Little Deaths 'Brilliant, could not put it down' Katie
Fford 'One of my all-time favourite reads' Goodreads 'I loved this
book from the very first line' Goodreads
'A dark and compulsive literary crime-drama about love, guilt,
trauma, intolerance... an incredibly haunting book but a brilliant
one too.' CultureFly Best Books of 2021 'Irresistible, compelling.'
PAULA HAWKINS, author of The Girl on the Train When
seventeen-year-old Emma leaves her best friend Abi at a party in
the woods, she believes, like most girls her age, that their lives
are just beginning. Many things will happen that night, but Emma
will never see her friend again. Abi's disappearance cracks open
the facade of the small town of Whistling Ridge, its intimate
history of long-held grudges and resentment. Even within Abi's
family, there are questions to be asked - of Noah, the older
brother whom Abi betrayed, of Jude, the shining younger sibling who
hides his battle scars, of Dolly, her mother and Samuel, her father
- both in thrall to the fire and brimstone preacher who holds the
entire town in his grasp. Then there is Rat, the outsider, whose
presence in the town both unsettles and excites those around him.
Anything could happen in Whistling Ridge, this tinder box of
small-town rage, and all it will take is just one spark - the truth
of what really happened that night out at the Tall Bones.... 'A
wonderfully haunting debut.' JANE HARPER, author of The Dry 'Tall
Bones brilliantly conjures up the oppressive claustrophobia of the
small town... Extremely well written... fantastic.' HARRIET TYCE,
author of Blood Orange 'A clever, twisting debut, about the dark
side of small town America. It is packed with secrets like
firecrackers ready to ignite.' FRANCINE TOON, author of Pine '[Its
portrait of small-town intrigue is scarily credible.' VAL McDERMID
'Smart and compassionate, full of poetry and rage and shy hopes and
shredded dreams and missing girls and family secrets and the dark,
shameful underbelly of small town life.' TAMMY COHEN, author of
Stop at Nothing 'Tall Bones is as brutal, as bittersweet, as tender
and as tense as first love itself.' EMMA FLINT, author of Little
Deaths 'Tall Bones is as atmospheric as it gets - a stunning debut
that delivers on every level.' RENEE KNIGHT, author of Disclaimer
'Chilling and compulsive. Tall Bones is a dazzling debut.' KATE
HAMER, author of The Girl in the Red Coat 'A terrific debut about
guilt, secrets and complex family dynamics... Anna Bailey is
definitely one to watch.' LUCY ATKINS, author of Magpie Lane
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