Pretty Is: A gripping, dark and superbly suspenseful psychological thriller
Maggie Mitchell
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Everyone thought we were dead...
Two girls went missing - and now the truth is coming back to haunt them...
Lois and Carly-May were just twelve when they were abducted by a stranger and imprisoned in a cabin in the woods for two months.
That summer, under the watchful gaze of their kidnapper, they formed a bond that would never be broken.
Decades later, both women have new lives and identities. But the events of that summer are about to come back with a vengeance.
Lois and Carly-May must face the truth about their secret, shared past...
What really happened in the woods that summer?
Read MorePraise for Pretty Is
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[A] psychologically astute tale about identity, mask-wearing and escaping the past, from the contrapuntal plotting to the heroines' deftly differentiated voices - SUNDAY TIMESThere is a real ring of truth to this intelligent thriller, full of psychological tension. A great debut - SUNDAY MIRRORA gripping thriller with an incisive psychological twist, examining survival, friendship and memory. - THE LADYA whip-smart beach read - SUNDAY EXPRESSThe survivors of a mysterious childhood abduction struggle with their memories in Maggie Mitchell's teasing, many-storied debut... Ever since Emma Donoghue, inspired by the Josef Fritzl case, impressed and horrified in equal measure with Room, there has been a slowly growing trend for thrillers about abducted children. Maggie Mitchell's debut, Pretty Is, joins a phalanx of fellow kidnap-lit novels out in recent months - The Girl in the Red Coat, How I Lost You, The Boy That Never Was - but stands out for its slick, subversive take on a trope that is showing no signs of going away. - OBSERVERAn atmospheric psychological thriller with two complex female characters at its heart, PRETTY IS deserves a place on your bookshelf. - HEAT
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