Dark and Shallow Lies: Now a New York Times bestseller! A stunning, intense and atmospheric debut thriller for young adults. Perfect for fans of Where The Crawdads Sing. Luisterboek Tooltip Luisterboeken beluister je met de bol.com Kobo app.

NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

‘AN INTENSE AND BROODING THRILLER ’ – THE OBSERVER

A intensely romantic and atmospheric thriller for young adults, full of twists and turns with a simmering supernatural undercurrent. Perfect for fans of Holly Jackson, Karen McManus and Delia Owens’ Where the Crawdads Sing

When seventeen-year-old Grey makes her annual visit to La Cachette, Louisiana – the tiny bayou town that proclaims to be the “Psychic Capital of the World” – she knows it will be different from past years: her childhood best friend Elora went missing several months earlier and no one is telling the truth about the night she disappears.

Grey can’t believe that Elora vanished into thin air any more than she can believe that nobody in a town full of psychics knows what happened. But as she digs into the night that Elora went missing, she begins to realize that everybody in town is hiding something—her grandmother Honey; her childhood crush Hart; and even her late mother, whose secrets continue to call to Grey from beyond the grave.

When a mysterious stranger emerges from the bayou – a stormy-eyed boy with links to Elora and the town’s bloody history – Grey realizes that La Cachette’s past is far more present and dangerous than she’d ever understood. She doesn’t know who she can trust. In a town where secrets lurk just below the surface, and where a murderer is on the loose, nobody can be presumed innocent—and La Cachette’s dark and shallow lies may just rip the town apart.

The narrative is a blend of suspense, romance, and the paranormal, set in a magical place that is as much a character as the people inhabiting it. This young adult thriller is a top pick for those who enjoy contemporary realism with a twist.

For fans of Jennifer Barnes (The Inheritance Games), Riley Sager (Home Before Dark), Karen M. Mcmanus (One of Us is Back), Caroline O'Donoghue (All Our Hidden Gifts), and Stefanie Caponi (The Gifts That Bind Us).