The Sunday Times and New York Times global best seller, an astonishing new crime thriller debut novel from the biggest new literary fiction voice

'The year's best debut' SUNDAY TIMES

'The best crime novel of the year' INDEPENDENT

'Sensational. Gripping, haunting, and beautifully written' RICHARD OSMAN

CHOSEN AS A BEST BOOK OF 2021 BY THE TIMES, THE FT, THE GUARDIAN, THE INDEPENDENT, STYLIST AND MORE!

LONGLISTED FOR THE THEAKSTONS CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR ''The year''s best debut'' SUNDAY TIMES ''The best crime novel of the year'' INDEPENDENT ''Sensational. Gripping, haunting, and beautifully written'' RICHARD OSMAN CHOSEN AS A BEST BOOK OF 2021 BY THE TIMES, THE FT, THE GUARDIAN, THE INDEPENDENT, STYLIST AND MORE! ''The biggest mystery thriller since Gone Girl '' ELLE ''The novel you''ll stay up reading until 3am'' SUNDAY TIMES ''An astonishing achievement.'' JESSIE BURTON ''Gripping, beautifully written perfection.'' SOPHIE HANNAH ''A masterpiece.'' LOUISE O''NEILL ''Fantastic.'' PAULA HAWKINS ''Girl A,'' she said. ''The girl who escaped. If anyone was going to make it, it was going to be you.'' I am Lex Gracie: but they call me Girl A. I grew up with my family on the moors. I escaped when I was fifteen years old. NOW SOMETHING IS PULLING ME BACK... RIGHTS SOLD IN 36 TERRITORIES SOON TO BE A TV SHOW DIRECTED BY JOHAN RENCK (Chernobyl) ''Incendiary, beautifully written debut'' Guardian ''Psychologically astute, adroitly organised, written with flair'' Sunday Times ''Terrifyingly gripping'' SUSIE STEINER ''Beautiful'' ADELE PARKS ''Incredibly well written, devastating in a good way, and intriguing to the last page'' LIZ NUGENT ''I was obsessed by it. As close to perfect as thrillers get'' JOHN MARRS ''A gripping debut'' Oprah magazine One of Marie Claire , Waterstones and Grazia ''s best books for 2021 A Sunday Times No.2 bestseller for w/e 6/2/21 A New York Times bestseller ...

Autorentext

Abigail Dean was born in Manchester, and grew up in the Peak District. She graduated from Cambridge with a Double First in English. Formerly a Waterstones bookseller, she spent five years as a lawyer in London, and took last summer off to work on her debut novel, Girl A, ahead of her thirtieth birthday. She now works as a lawyer for Google, and is currently writing her second novel.

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*ORDER YOUR COPY OFTHE DEATH OF US, ABIGAIL DEAN'S STUNNING NEW NOVEL NOW!***'The year's best debut' SUNDAY TIMES

'The best crime novel of the year' INDEPENDENT

'Sensational. Gripping, haunting, and beautifully written' RICHARD OSMAN

CHOSEN AS A BEST BOOK OF 2021 BY THE TIMES, THE FT, THE GUARDIAN, THE INDEPENDENT, STYLIST AND MORE!

'The biggest mystery thriller since Gone Girl' ELLE
**'The novel you'll stay up reading until 3am' SUNDAY TIMES
'An astonishing achievement.' JESSIE BURTON
'Gripping, beautifully written perfection.' SOPHIE HANNAH
'A masterpiece.' LOUISE O'NEILL
'Fantastic.' PAULA HAWKINS**

'Girl A,' she said. 'The girl who escaped. If anyone was going to make it, it was going to be you.'

I am Lex Gracie: but they call me Girl A.
I grew up with my family on the moors.
I escaped when I was fifteen years old.

NOW SOMETHING IS PULLING ME BACK...

RIGHTS SOLD IN 36 TERRITORIES

SOON TO BE A TV SHOW DIRECTED BY JOHAN RENCK (Chernobyl)

'Incendiary, beautifully written debut' Guardian
**'Psychologically astute, adroitly organised, written with flair' Sunday Times
'Terrifyingly gripping' SUSIE STEINER
'Beautiful' ADELE PARKS
'Incredibly well written, devastating in a good way, and intriguing to the last page' LIZ NUGENT
'I was obsessed by it. As close to perfect as thrillers get' JOHN MARRS
'A gripping debut' Oprah magazine
One of Marie Claire, Waterstones and Grazia's best books for 2021
A Sunday Times No.2 bestseller for w/e 6/2/21
A New York Times bestseller**

Zusammenfassung

LONGLISTED FOR THE THEAKSTONS CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR

'The year's best debut' SUNDAY TIMES
**'The best crime novel of the year' INDEPENDENT
'Sensational. Gripping, haunting, and beautifully written' RICHARD OSMAN**

CHOSEN AS A BEST BOOK OF 2021 BY THE TIMES, THE FT, THE GUARDIAN, THE INDEPENDENT, STYLIST AND MORE!

'The biggest mystery thriller since Gone Girl' ELLE
**'The novel you'll stay up reading until 3am' SUNDAY TIMES
'An astonishing achievement.' JESSIE BURTON
'Gripping, beautifully written perfection.' SOPHIE HANNAH
'A masterpiece.' LOUISE O'NEILL
'Fantastic.' PAULA HAWKINS**

'Girl A,' she said. 'The girl who escaped. If anyone was going to make it, it was going to be you.'

I am Lex Gracie: but they call me Girl A.
I grew up with my family on the moors.
I escaped when I was fifteen years old.

NOW SOMETHING IS PULLING ME BACK

RIGHTS SOLD IN 36 TERRITORIES

SOON TO BE A TV SHOW DIRECTED BY JOHAN RENCK (Chernobyl)

'Incendiary, beautifully written debut' Guardian
**'Psychologically astute, adroitly organised, written with flair' Sunday Times
'Terrifyingly gripping' SUSIE STEINER
'Beautiful' ADELE PARKS
'Incredibly well written, devastating in a good way, and intriguing to the last page' LIZ NUGENT
'I was obsessed by it. As close to perfect as thrillers get' JOHN MARRS
'A gripping debut' Oprah magazine
One of Marie Claire, Waterstones and Grazia's best books for 2021
A Sunday Times No.2 bestseller for w/e 6/2/21
A New York Times bestseller**