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You can change your name. But you can't change your past . . .

Eighty-one-year-old Elsie Fitzpatrick lives a quiet life in the suburbs. Aside from being a curmudgeon who minds everyone else’s business, few would suspect she harbours a secret she’s worked hard to bury.

Because when it comes to murder, no one ever suspects little girls or old ladies. And Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick – once a little girl and now an old lady – has a strange history of people in her life coming to a foul end.

When an elderly neighbour is found dead, no one suspects a thing – until they uncover Elsie's true identity: Mad Mabel, the youngest Australian in history to be convicted of murder, over sixty years ago.

The police are asking questions. The media is circling.

Has the past finally caught up with Mad Mabel?

Or is it time for her to finally set the record straight?

Praise for Sally Hepworth

‘Fiction at its finest’ Liane Moriarty

‘An absolute page-turner from first word to last’ Jane Harper

‘Smart suspenseful, brimming with secrets’ Kate Morton

‘Clever, chilling and beautifully crafted’ Adele Parks

Critics Review

The kind of story that grabs you hard and doesn't let go. Easily one of the best books I've read all year
Jane Harper, author of Exiles on Darling Girls
A fun psychological suspense thriller
Emily Henry, author of Book Lovers on Darling Girls
Gripping
Daily Mail on Darling Girls
Tingling tension galore
Peterborough Telegraph on Darling Girls
A suspenseful psychological thriller, poignantly shrouding a decades old mystery
Woman's Weekly on Darling Girls
Touching, tender . . . A delightful read
Liane Moriarty, author of Big Little Lies on The Good Sister
Hepworth delivers a page-turning novel (about) one of the most important moments in a woman's life . . . and spins a story that will hold you captivated until the end
Emily Giffin, author of The One and Only on The Secrets of Midwives
Clever, chilling and beautifully crafted
Adele Parks, author of Our Beautiful Mess on The Good Sister

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