The Wicked Girls: An absolutely gripping, ripped-from-the-headlines psychological thriller

Alex Marwood

Feb 2012 · Hachette UK

About this eBook

The word-of-mouth bestselling debut from multi-award-winning bestseller Alex Marwood

'Alex Marwood is in a class of her own' LISA JEWELL, author of The Family Upstairs

Don't miss Alex Marwood's sensational new thriller, The Island of Lost Girls, out now!
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That's us. We're the girls who killed Chloe. We are the devil now.

One fateful summer morning in 1986, two eleven-year-old girls meet for the first time and by the end of the day are charged with murder.

Twenty-five years later, journalist Kirsty Lindsay is reporting on a series of sickening attacks on young female tourists in a seaside town when her investigation leads her to interview funfair cleaner Amber Gordon. For Kirsty and Amber, it's the first time they've seen each other since that dark day when they were just children. But with new lives - and families - to protect, will they really be able to keep their wicked secret hidden?

An absolutely gripping, ripped-from-the-headlines psychological thriller, perfect for fans of The Suspect by Fiona Barton and The Rumour by Lesley Kara

'[I] devoured every page . . . cleverly plotted and pacy, with all the storylines thundering towards a final, gripping conclusion. I loved it' ELIZABETH HAYNES
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Praise for Alex Marwood

'So good I wish I'd written it myself' VAL MCDERMID

'Scary as hell' STEPHEN KING

'Marwood blends story-telling prowess with characters so real that we inhabit their predicaments quite viscerally' SOPHIE HANNAH

'Without a doubt, she is one of crime fiction's brightest stars' MEGAN ABBOTT

'I'm in awe' MARK EDWARDS

'I cancel all engagements and turn off my phone for a new Alex Marwood book' ERIN KELLY

Ratings and reviews

Oh dear. The idea behind this book is quite intriguing. No doubt about that. But the suggestion that it is fast paced in any sense is misleading. I found it ever so incredibly slow to get going and in my opinion it didn't get interesting until about 80% of the way through. The final 20% was very good though. Glad I stuck with it but wouldn't honestly recommend buying.

Wow...I read this in one day. Amazing book. This author challenges today's society and it's blanket views so well. Loved it, read them all if you can.

Couldn't put this book down. 1st book I've read by Alex Marwood, won't be the last for sure. Gripping story twists and turns edge of seat stuff. Well done.

About the author

Alex Marwood is the pseudonym of a journalist who has worked extensively across the British press. She is the author of the word-of-mouth sensation The Wicked Girls, which won a prestigious Edgar Award, The Killer Next Door, which won the coveted Macavity Award, The Darkest Secret and The Poison Garden. She has also been shortlisted for numerous other crime writing awards and her novels have been optioned for the screen. Alex lives in south London.