{"product_id":"tall-bones","title":"Tall Bones","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe gripping \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, chosen as Book of the Month by the Guardian, Grazia and Observer, longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Anna Bailey''s debut is \u003cb\u003eirresistible\u003c\/b\u003e, a \u003cb\u003ecompelling and nuanced psychological thriller\u003c\/b\u003e suffused with small town prejudice and dark family secrets.'' \u003ci\u003ePAULA HAWKINS, author of bestselling The Girl on the Train\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''One of the most \u003cb\u003eexciting\u003c\/b\u003e debuts of the year'' \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY EXPRESS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''With \u003ci\u003eTall Bones\u003c\/i\u003e, Anna Bailey bursts onto the scene with a \u003cb\u003ewonderfully haunting debut.\u003c\/b\u003e Small-town intrigue, exquisitely drawn'' \u003ci\u003eJANE HARPER, bestselling author of The Dry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Conjuring up... \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTwin Peaks\u003c\/i\u003e and Gillian Flynn''s \u003ci\u003eSharp Objects\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'' \u003ci\u003eSTYLIST\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Compelling, \u003cb\u003ebeautifully nuanced,\u003c\/b\u003e brilliant'' SJ WATSON, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBefore I Go to Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e________________________________________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen 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, beneath the stark beauty of the stars, but Emma will never see her friend again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBut what happens next in Whistling Ridge is so much more than the story of a missing girl.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt''s a spellbinding story that will keep you guessing, a story of surprises and secrets, regrets and rage, love and lies. Abi''s disappearance cracks open the façade of this small town, peeling away the layers of its past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEven 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 wounds, of her mother and her father - both in thrall to the fiery preacher who has an unsettling grasp on the whole town.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd then there is Rat, the outsider, whose exciting presence is a catalyst for change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnything could happen in a tinder-box like Whistling Ridge. All it will take is \u003cb\u003ejust one spark\u003c\/b\u003e...the truth of what happened that night at the Tall Bones....\u003cbr\u003e______________________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eREADERS AND REVIEWERS praise \u003ci\u003eTALL BONES\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eSpellbinding\u003c\/b\u003e and darkly beautiful.... intricately plotted and exquisitely written, Tall Bones is \u003cb\u003ea stunning debut\u003c\/b\u003e'' \u003ci\u003eWOMEN \u0026amp; HOME\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Tall Bones is as atmospheric as it gets... a stunning debut that \u003cb\u003edelivers on every level.\u003c\/b\u003e Reminded me of Jane Harper''s The Dry'' \u003ci\u003eRENEE KNIGHT, \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of\u003ci\u003e Disclaimer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Its portrait of small-town intrigue is \u003cb\u003escarily credible\u003c\/b\u003e. Bailey understands that the dynamics that drive small-town relationships are the same the world over'' VAL McDERMID\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A \u003cb\u003eclever, twisting\u003c\/b\u003e debut about the dark side of small town America. It is packed with secrets like firecrackers ready to ignite.'' \u003ci\u003eFRANCINE TOON, \u003c\/i\u003eauthor of \u003ci\u003ePine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eWill haunt you\u003c\/b\u003e long after you race through its pages'' \u003ci\u003eGrazia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Bailey \u003cb\u003ewrites like a dream\u003c\/b\u003e'' EMMA FLINT, author of \u003ci\u003eLittle Deaths\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''One of my \u003cb\u003eall-time favourite\u003c\/b\u003e reads'' 5-star reader review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''I\u003cb\u003e loved\u003c\/b\u003e this book from the very first line'' 5-star reader review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Wow!! 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