The Prized Girl
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- CHF 4.50
Beschreibung des Verlags
It was always going to end in trouble. But how did it end in murder?
A murdered beauty queen. A town full of secrets. Who killed Jenny?
‘Raced through this great read with a knockout premise’ SUZY K QUINN
‘I loved the complex relationships and the secrets lurking beneath the surface’ LISA HALL
Jenny Kennedy appears to have it all. She’s the perfect daughter, the popular girl at school and a successful beauty queen. But then Jenny is found dead in a murder that rocks the small town she grew up in to the core.
Her estranged half-sister Virginia finds herself thrust into the spotlight as the case dominates the news and is desperate to uncover who killed Jenny. But she soon realises that maybe Jenny’s life wasn’t so perfect after all.
The truth is that Jenny has more than a few secrets of her own, and so do her neighbours… What really happened that night?
A gripping crime thriller about a shocking murder in a picture-perfect small town, perfect for fans of Big Little Lies and Thirteen Reasons Why.
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Why readers love The Prized Girl:
‘I couldn’t figure out who did it until the very end’
‘Kept me guessing right up until the last few pages. What a plot twist!’
‘A suspenseful, entertaining, page-turner’
‘Read in one sitting, couldn’t put it down’
‘Highly recommend this book’
‘So many twists and turns, it kept me turning the page’
‘Had me hooked from page one – a MUST read’
Reviews
‘Raced through this great read with a knockout premise’ Suzy K Quinn
‘I loved the complex relationships and the secrets lurking beneath the surface’ Lisa Hall
‘Couldn’t put it down and then couldn’t stop thinking about it once I finished’ Georgia Hardstark, co-host of My Favourite Murder
About the author
Amy Green, was born and raised in a small New England town where she was once struck by lightning. She was a practicing CPA before leaving the corporate life to work in film production, write, and wear fewer high heels. She now lives in LA.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Set in small-town New England, Green's disappointing debut introduces Virginia Kennedy a dysfunctional 26-year-old estranged from her family, but obsessed with solving the apparent rape and murder of her half-sister, 13-year-old beauty queen Jenny Kennedy. The authorities like intellectually disabled Benjy Lincoln for the crime; he attended all of Jenny's pageants, and Jenny's overprotective mother recently accused him of trying to molest Jenny. Virginia isn't persuaded, though, particularly since Jenny's body was found near the house of Mark Renkin, the high school teacher with whom then-teenage Virginia had a four-year sexual relationship. When Det. Brandon Colsen shows an interest in Virginia, she takes advantage of their burgeoning romance to join his investigation. Virginia's first-person narrative alternates with third-person chapters chronicling Jenny's final days. Unconvincing characters, manufactured conflict, and clich d plot devices plague this meandering mystery. The pace quickens in the book's second half, but the grim and twisted conclusion fails to satisfy. Though the epilogue opens the door for a sequel, Green would do well to begin anew.
