![]() ![]() ![]() Swept up in Lorna's thrall, Jess falls in with a tightly knit group of rule-breakers - Alec, a courageous South African journalist with a nihilistic streak Georgie, a seductive, pill-popping aristocrat and Nick, a handsome geologist with layers of his own.īut the dynamic between the friends begins to darken, until a tragedy shatters their friendships and love affairs, and reveals a terrible secret. ![]() But when she arrives at a concrete university campus under flat, grey, East Anglian skies, her world flares with colour. Lorna Clay, whose seminars soon transform Jess' thinking on life, love, and Agatha Christie. Think The Secret History meets Agatha Christie RedPeople disappear when they most want to be seen.Jess Walker, middle child of a middle class family, has perfected the art of vanishing in plain sight. Jess Walker has come to a concrete campus under the flat gray skies of East Anglia for one reason: to be taught by the mesmerizing and rebellious Dr. People disappear when they most want to be seen. Perfect for lovers of Agatha Christie and The Secret History, The Truants is a seductive, unsettling, and beautifully written debut novel of literary suspense - a thrilling exploration of deceit, first love, and the depths to which obsession can drive us. uncommonly clever whodunit." ( New York Times Book Review ) One of the New York Times Book Review's Top 10 Best Crime Novels of 2020 ![]()
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