The Dear Ones: A gripping psychological thriller set in a claustrophobic small town
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'Megan Abbott is a phenomenal storyteller' CHRIS WHITAKER
When two teenage girls disappear overnight, a small town's close-knit community begins to crack . . .
For two years and two months, death has haunted the town of Garland. A string of brutal crimes and strange accidents has left the community dazed with grief and rage, convinced a curse has descended upon them. And just when it seems things can't get any worse, two teenage girls disappear.
Field hockey stars Misty Meighan and Shauna Brewster would never miss the season's biggest game, and as panic grips the town, Garland's close-knit community begins to crack, exposing a web of secrets, shame, and violence hiding in plain sight.
The remaining Garland Devils decide to take the search into their own hands, but will they be able to find their friends before it's too late?
The Dear Ones, is a gripping, satisfying, multi-threaded thriller about obsession, desire, and power, and is Megan Abbott's most propulsive, page-turner yet.
'I loved this story, and I haven't even touched the surface of how much it got to me. The Crimson Devils motto pretty well sums it up: TONIGHT THEY PRAY, TOMORROW WE SLAY. It sure slayed me' STEPHEN KING
'A modern master' WASHINGTON POST
'Abbott's writing has always been hypnotic, projecting a powerful sense of women's inner lives and desires through the prisms of noir and suspense' IRISH TIMES
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About the author
Megan Abbott is the Edgar-winning author of the novels El Dorado Drive (winner of the LA Times Book Prize for best Thriller/Mystery), Beware the Woman, the New York Times bestseller The Turnout, Give Me Your Hand, You Will Know Me, The Fever, Dare Me, The End of Everything, Bury Me Deep, Queenpin, The Song Is You and Die a Little.
Her work has won or been nominated for the CWA Steel Dagger, the International Thriller Writers Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and five Edgar awards. Formerly a staff writer on HBO's David Simon show, The Deuce, she was also co-creator, executive producer and show-runner of Dare Me, based upon her novel, for the USA Network and, internationally, Netflix.
