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Cara Hoffman

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Published by Century, part of Cornerstone Publishing

Format: Paperback

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EAN: 9781846059704
Published: 2 Feb 2012

 

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When nineteen-year-old local waitress, Wendy White, disappears, the small town of Haeden, New York, is shaken to its core. Nothing like this has ever happened in this rural idyll and the police make little headway with the case, assuming that Wendy most likely ran away. But, six months later, Wendy's tortured body is found in the nearby woods. And she has only been dead a matter of days...

Local reporter, Stacy Flynn, desperate for a big story, knows that Wendy's case could be her big break. But, with little help from the local police, she's forced to investigate alone - though no one in the town is willing to talk about it.

Told from various perspective's - Wendy's, Stacy's and high school student Alice's - this compelling tale of murder, revenge and violence builds slowly and eerily to a shocking and unforgettable conclusion.

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What the critics say

Poetic, intelling and shocking
- Rosamund Lupton, bestselling author of Sister

Beautiful, stealthy...an impassioned, intelligent and important work of art
- Chris Cleave

[A] dark but powerful début novel
- The New Yorker

A skillful, psychologically acute tale of how violence affects a small town
- Los Angeles Times

[A] fearless first novel
- New York Times Book Review

A mixture of The Lovely Bones and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- Booklist

About the Author

Before becoming a novelist, Cara Hoffman worked as an investigative reporter covering New York State's rural and Rust Belt communities, where she reported on crime. This is her first novel.

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