Dive into the gripping debut from Anna Bailey, a twisty mystery set in the small town of Whistling Ridge. This literary crime thriller unravels the secrets behind a missing girl and the dark undercurrents of a community. A must-read for fans of haunting suspense.
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, 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 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 intriguing 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 battle scars, of her mother and her father - both in thrall to the fiery preacher who has an unsettling grasp over 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.
