It's 1999 and Thera Wilde is NOT a victim . . . From the award-winning author of Golden Boy, Dead Girls tells a story of Girl Power, murder and revenge.

'Tarttelin is a natural storyteller' Matt Haig


A quiet community is shocked by the murder of an eleven-year-old girl. As police swarm the village, fear compels parents to keep their children indoors. Unbeknown to her Mum and Dad, though, one girl roams free.

That girl is Thera Wilde.

Thera was the murdered girl's best friend. Together they were unstoppable and, even alone, Thera is not afraid: it's 1999. Girls can do anything.

And Thera reckons she can find the killer before the police do.

'Sometimes brutal, often tender, and always compelling' Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven, on Golden Boy

When her best friend is killed, eleven year-old Thera turns detective - but has no idea what she's getting herself into...

About the Author
A resident of Hackney, Abigail enjoys karaoke, Netflix, tea, learning languages, women-fronted rock bands, and kickarse female characters. Dead Girls is her third novel. Her second novel Golden Boy, published in seven languages to date, was a recipient of a 2014 American Library Association ALEX award for stories with special importance for teen readers, as well as a finalist for the Best Debut LGBT Fiction LAMBDA Award in the same year.

Reviews
Harriet the Spy is all grown up - and readying herself to take on the darkness of the adult world. This somehow manages to combine mystery, thriller, horror, and a lovely elegy to lost friendship . . . Completely unforgettable -- Emma Flint, author of Little Deaths
Feminist, bold, shocking, packed with little epiphanies -- Shelley Harris, author of Jubilee and Vigilante
The things we tell young girls to keep them safe might be the most dangerous of all . . . An utterly compelling page-turner that will stay with me for a long time -- Samantha Baines
Enid Blyton meets Stephen King -- Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of Harmless Like You and Starling Days
Terrific. A poignant, brave and important book -- S J Watson, author of Before I Go to Sleep, on Golden Boy
Sometimes brutal, often tender, and always compelling -- Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven, on Golden Boy
Gripping. Tarttelin is a natural storyteller -- Matt Haig, author of The Humans and How to Stop Time, on Golden Boy



Book Information
ISBN 9781509852765
Author Abigail Tarttelin
Format Paperback
Page Count 448
Imprint Picador
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Weight(grams) 318g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 130mm * 29mm