The Wicked Girls Audiobook CD – Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged Author: Visit Amazon's Alex Marwood Page | Language: English | ISBN:
1452665974 | Format: PDF
The Wicked Girls Audiobook CD – Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged Description
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*Starred Review* Convicted of murdering a 4-year-old girl when they were 11, Jade and Bel spent the rest of their youth in two separate British correctional facilities. Upon their release as adults, they are given new names and the probationary condition that they never have contact again. But a series of murders in the struggling seaside town of Whitmouth brings renamed journalist Kirsty Lindsay face to face with the woman now known as Amber Gordon, a janitor at Funnland, where the latest body has been found. The two again find themselves connected over a violent crime. Marwood, the pseudonym of a British journalist, intersperses the contemporary serial-killer story line and hour-by-hour accounts of what happened the day the girls met and killed a preschooler. This chilling debut is chock-full of surprises. If Tana French and Gillian Flynn stayed up all night telling stories at an abandoned amusement park, this is awfully close to what they might come up with. --Karen Keefe
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"A suspenseful, buzz-worthy novel offering a sure-footed depiction of two women who lost their childhoods." ---Kirkus Starred Review
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- Publisher: Tantor; MP3 - Unabridged CD edition (August 6, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1452665974
- ISBN-13: 978-1452665979
- Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 4.8 x 0.6 inches
- Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Alex Marwood is a pseudonym for a journalist who has worked in the British press for many years. Wicked Girls was her debut novel and I was looking forward to reading it. If I am totally honest the synopsis seemed pretty dark but I still eagerly started it on my way into work. Two young girls at the age of 11 were imprisoned for the murder of a four year old girl. They weren't even friends, having met that very day. Once inside prison they both have separate experiences and eventually get released and move on with their lives.
In the present time we meet Kirsty Lindsay, a journalist who is reporting on a number of attacks on young women in the seaside town of Whitmouth. We also meet Amber Gordon who is a cleaner at a funfair and is introduced to us when she is unfortunate enough to come across a dead body. Sadly when the two women meet they realise that this is just the beginning of their living nightmare
The story was really well constructed and I liked the way the story jumped between the present day and the past. The story of the two women as young girls and how the events unfold that terrible day are done slowly. The layers are peeled back as at the same time the reader sees what is happening in their lives currently. It seems like these two women have no chance to redeem themselves as once again their lives clash in the worst possible way. The thing that I did enjoy was the writing style, it was easy to get into and the story was well paced. I did however have that uncomfortable feeling while reading this book, which was more to do with the subject matter than the author's talent!
This particular book certainly has lots going on, and it certainly doesn't shy away from dealing with the difficult subject of child killers.
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