The Silence by Susan Allott

Longlisted for the New Blood Dagger Award 2021 'A darkly gripping and addictive read. I tore through it in a few days' ESTHER FREUD 'Deeply engrossing . an exquisite literary thriller' PHILIPPA EAST `Emotionally wrenching' WALL STREET JOURNAL `Impossible to put down' TREVOR WOOD A missing woman 30 years ago, in the suffocating heat of a Sydney summer, the Greens' next-door neighbour Mandy disappeared without a trace. A cold case reopened In 1997, in a basement flat in Hackney, Isla Green is awakened by a call in the middle of the night: her father is under suspicion of Mandy's murder. A devastating secret How well does Isla know her father? Is he capable of doing something terrible? And is there another secret in their community - a conspiracy of silence which stretches deep into Australia's past? ------------------------------ `An atmospheric, convincing portrayal of the way that the decisions we make, both individually and collectively, reverberate down the years' GUARDIAN `Allott uses the scandal of Australia's stolen children to devastating effect in this memorable debut' SUNDAY TIMES 'A riveting mystery, beautifully unwound. The Silence excavates dark, decades-old secrets buried in human hearts, in families and in nations. I read it in one weekend' ERIN KELLY `An impressive and beautifully written, Australian-set debut with the devastating subject of the Stolen Generation at its core' FIONA MITCHELL `Tense, atmospheric and brilliantly paced. The Silence is fraught with disturbing secrets and powerful emotions. I loved it' FRANCESCA JAKOBI `A brooding, suspenseful debut' SUNDAY MIRROR `A suspenseful, beautifully crafted debut for fans of Celeste Ng and Jane Harper' TELEGRAPH AUSTRALIA `Intricate and suspenseful. [a] stellar debut' NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS
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