Tall Oaks: The award-winning first novel from the bestselling author of ALL THE COLOURS OF THE DARK

di Chris Whitaker (Autore)

twenty7, 2016

FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF ALL THE COLOURS OF THE DARK AND WE BEGIN AT THE END. Tall Oaks is an idyllic small town, until the disappearance of a young child throws the tight-knit community into crisis. Jess Monroe, the boy's distraught mother, is simultaneously leading the search and battling her own grief and self-destructive behaviour. Her neighbours watch on, their sympathy masking a string of dark secrets. This is a small town where nothing is as it seems, and everyone has something to hide. And as the investigation draws towards a climax, prepare for a devastating final twist . . . Dark, full of suspense and packed with twists, this brilliant new thriller is like nothing you've read before. PRAISE FOR TALL OAKS: 'An absolute delight . . . Highly original' LAURA WILSON, GUARDIAN 'Completely blew me away' LISA HALL 'One of the best books I've read this year' JO SPAIN 'Chris Whitaker builds an entire town in the reader's head and masterfully inhabits it with comic, poignant, gripping life. Tall Oaks becomes a part of you' DAVID WHITEHOUSE 'It's rare that a novel can be both brilliantly comic and tragic, and balance the two so effortlessly' SUN 'A gripping debut' MAIL ON SUNDAY

• Autore: Chris Whitaker
• Editore: twenty7
• Anno: 2016
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 368 p.
• Dimensioni: 198 x 129 mm
• Peso: 258 gr.
• EAN: 9781785770302

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