Category: Crime Fiction
Regular price: $11.99
Deal price: $5.99
Deal starts: October 23, 2023
Deal ends: October 23, 2023
One of the
New York Times Book Review
's Top Ten Best Crime Novels of 2020One of
USA Today
's Best Books 2020"[A] hypnotic debut. . . .[An] uncommonly clever whodunit."--
New York Times Book Review
Perfect for lovers of Agatha Christie and
The Secret History
,
The Truants
is a seductive, unsettling, and beautifully written debut novel of literary suspense--a thrilling exploration of deceit, first love, and the depths to which obsession can drive us.
People disappear when they most want to be seen.
Jess Walker has come to a concrete campus under the flat gray skies of East Anglia for one reason: to be taught by the mesmerizing and rebellious Dr. Lorna Clay, whose seminars soon transform Jess's thinking on life, love, and Agatha Christie. Swept up in Lorna's thrall, Jess falls in with a tightly knit group of rule-breakers--Alec, a courageous South African journalist with a nihilistic streak; Georgie, a seductive, pill-popping aristocrat; and Nick, a handsome geologist with layers of his own.But the dynamic between the friends begins to darken, until a tragedy shatters their friendships and love affairs, and reveals a terrible secret. Soon Jess must face the question she fears most: what is the true cost of an extraordinary life?
An
Entertainment Weekly
Best Book of January
A
USA Today
Must-Read Book of Winter
An
Observer
Book of the Year (UK)
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Marie Claire
Top 5 Christmas Read (UK)
A
Times
Best New Crime Novel (UK)
A
Guardian
Top 10 Golden Age Detective Novel
An
Irish Times
Best Debut of 2019
An
Apple
Books Pick for January
