The Girls: From the number one bestselling author of The Family Upstairs

You live on a picturesque communal garden square an oasis in urban London where your children run free in and out of other peoples houses.Youve known your neighbours for years and you trust them. Implicitly.You think your children are safe.But are they really?Midsummer night: a thirteen-year-old girl is found unconscious in a dark corner of the garden square. What really happened to her? And who is responsible?Utterly believable characters a gripping story and a dark secret buried at its core: this is Lisa Jewell at her heart-stopping best. Review Lisa Jewells characters are so real that I finish every book half-expecting to bump into one of them. Modern complex intuitive she just goes from strength to strength. Jojo Moyes An engaging and atmospheric read Lisa beautifully conjures up the half-child half-adult lives of young teenagers. Jane Fallon Oh but I loved this book - a magical garden right in the centre of the city a long hot summer simmering away a group of young teens lurching between boredom and passion and ripe for their lives to start. And at its centre a dark and disturbing mystery that keeps you turning the pages long into the night. Lisa Jewell is the most compassionate storyteller. She writes with such lightness of touch yet her books pack a powerful punch. A stunning beautiful mesmerising book that everyone will be reading this summer. Tamar Cohen I was utterly gripped from the start... basically a great read. Irish Independent Another winner. Beautiful writing believable characters a pacy narrative and dark secrets combine to make this a gripping read. Daily Mail About the Author LISA JEWELL was born in London in 1968. Her first novel Ralphs Party was the best- selling debut novel of 1999. Since then she has written another eighteen novels most recently a number of dark psychological thrillers including The Girls Then She Was Gone and The Family Upstairs (all of which were Richard & Judy Book Club picks). Lisa is a New York Times and Sunday Times number one bestselling author who has been published worldwide in over twenty-five languages. She lives in north London with her husband two teenage daughters one cat one guinea pig and the best dog in the world.