The Roanoke Girls: the addictive Richard & Judy thriller, and the #1 ebook bestseller
the gripping Richard & Judy thriller and #1 bestseller
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4.2 • 232 Ratings
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Publisher Description
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**THE #1 EBOOK BESTSELLER**
PERFECT FOR FANS OF THE HBO SERIES SHARP OBJECTS
'Darkly sexy and compelling' HEAT
'Fans of The Girls will love this' RED ONLINE
'You'll be gripped' RICHARD MADELEY
'One of the best books I've read' REBECCA DONE
'This book is stunning. Wow' CRESSIDA MCLAUGHLIN
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EVERYONE WANTS TO BE A ROANOKE GIRL. BUT YOU WON'T WHEN YOU KNOW THE TRUTH.
The girls of the Roanoke family - beautiful, rich, mysterious - seem to have it all. But there's a dark truth about them that's never spoken. Either the girls run away... or they die.
Lane is one of the lucky ones. When she was fifteen, over one long, hot summer at her grandparents' estate in rural Kansas, she found out what it really means to be a Roanoke girl. Lane ran, far and fast. Until eleven years later, when her cousin Allegra goes missing - and Lane has no choice but to go back.
She is a Roanoke girl.
Is she strong enough to escape a second time?
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FOR FANS OF SWEET LITTLE LIES, GOOD ME BAD ME AND THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR, THIS IS THE MOST SHOCKING THRILLER YOU'LL READ ALL YEAR.
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'A must-have' SUNDAY EXPRESS
'A mini-masterpiece' JUDY FINNIGAN
'One of the most unsettling and thought-provoking books I've read... stunning and gripping' LISA CUTTS
'You won't stop reading until you've unraveled the darkest of Roanoke's shocking secrets' LAURA MCHUGH
'Deliciously written...pulls you relentlessly into its twisted heart' AVA MARSH
'Deeply, darkly twisted. I loved it' SARAH HILARY
'One of the most disturbingly gripping books I have ever read' RUTH DUGDALL
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
The Roanoke Girls is the first novel for adults by YA author Amy Engel, who goes dark and scandalous right out of the gate with this twisted family saga. If you're looking for sweetness and light, this one isn't for you. But if, like us, you can't resist a deeply unnerving psychological thriller, find a cosy perch and prepare to stay put for a while.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
YA author Engel (The Book of Ivy) makes her adult debut with a gripping if creepy thriller set on the Kansas prairie. Lane Roanoke fervently hoped she had seen the last of Roanoke, the family homestead, when she fled Kansas for Los Angeles as a desperate 16-year-old, but now a decade later the disappearance of her cousin Allegra, the only kin to whom she feels a connection, compels her to return against her better judgment. Indeed, with local law enforcement stymied, it seems that the only hope of solving the mystery lies with Lane and whatever clues she can dredge up from memories of the traumatic summer the two cousins shared as teens. Skipping lightly between past and present, including Lane's efforts to finally come to terms with the two most influential men in her life dangerously seductive family patriarch Yates and roguish Cooper Sullivan, her never-forgotten first love this gothic page-turner speeds inexorably toward the kinds of devastating revelations readers won't soon forget.)
Customer Reviews
Easy read, twisted with romance
Good story, interesting characters. Would've like more twists & turns
Amazing
I couldn’t put this book down wanting to discover the secret and then what happened. Would highly recommend to everyone.
Brilliant
I read this in 48 hours- the way she describes the world is akin to a movie, images clear and resolute.
The plot touches on hidden parts within ones self forcing one , because of our humane instinct to empathise with the characters, to acknowledge even the ugliest, darkest parts of ourselves.
A great read, with a powerful protagonist, I’m not usually into thrillers but this book definitely changed my opinion. A must read!