The Bad Ones

<b>Melissa Albert</b> is the <i>New York Times </i>and indie bestselling author of the Hazel Wood series (<i>The Hazel Wood</i> <i>The Night Country</i> <i>Tales from the Hinterland</i>) and a former bookseller and YA lit blogger. Her work has been translated into more than twenty languages and included in the <i>New York Times </i>list of Notable Children's Books. She lives in Brooklyn with her family. <b>PRAISE FOR MELISSA ALBERT:</b> I couldn't put it down Every line reads like an incantation Electrifyingly brilliant Taut haunting and potent as a witch's brew <p><b>*NEW FROM MELISSA ALBERT - INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF <i>THE HAZEL WOOD</i>*</b></p><p><br><b><i>House of Hollow</i> meets <i>A Good Girl's Guide to Murder</i> THE BAD ONES is a page-turning supernatural thriller about four mysterious disappearances in a town haunted by a sinister magical history - and one girl searching for the truth. </b><br><b>A GAME GONE WRONG. A MISSING FRIEND. A TOWN OF BURIED SECRETS . . .</b><br><b><i>Goddess Goddess count to five. In the morning who's alive?</i></b><br>One town. One night. Four people gone. <br>Nora's best friend Becca is one of the lost. As Nora tries to piece together the truth she uncovers dark events in her high school's history and a string of coded messages Becca has left for her. These clues point to another missing girl thirty years previously and a sinister urban legend: a goddess figure who played an eerie role in Nora and Becca's own childhood games . . . <br><br> As Nora struggles to unravel the mystery it's clear there are dark forces at work in her town - and they're willing to stop at nothing to keep their secrets buried deep. <br><b>Praise for Melissa Albert: </b>'I couldn't put it down' Karen M. McManus'Taut haunting and potent as a witches brew' Krystal Sutherland'Every line reads like an incantation' V.E. Schwab</p>