“A stunning, genre-defying novel, poetic, immersive, and as dazzling as the Mediterranean sun even as it pulls the reader through the darkest corridors of human behavior. I was totally mesmerized. . . . Alex Marwood is in a class of her own.”—Lisa Jewell
“A stiletto of a novel: heart stopping and devastating.”—Jenny Colgan
"Sun-drenched glamour and obscene wealth hide evil secrets in this ripped-from-the-headlines thriller about money, corruption, power and lost innocence from “one of crime fiction''s brightest stars” (Megan Abbott), the Edgar and Macavity Award-winning author of The Wicked Girls and The Killer Next Door.
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It''s paradise for the super-rich, but hell for the girls whose lives they''ve stolen
1985
To twelve-year-old Mercedes, La Kastellana is home, an island
