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The Wicked Girls

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'Atmospheric, creepy, immersive, chilling' Andrea Mara

'Twisty and absorbing' B A Paris

A BIZARRE SERIES OF DEATHS

In the Cornish village of Peneerie, a tragedy is unfolding. Girls are dying on their seventeenth birthdays and no one can explain why. Some say it’s a curse; others a psychological phenomenon known as suicide contagion. What Kat knows is her daughter Ruby’s birthday is fast approaching.

A CURSE AWOKEN

Villagers talk anxiously of Eliza, a serving girl in the local manor house who took her own life on her seventeenth birthday nearly two hundred years ago. She cursed the girls of the village to never see womanhood.

A MOTHER PREPARED TO DO ANYTHING

Kat is determined that Ruby won’t be the next to die, by any means necessary. As she races to unravel Eliza’s Curse, Kat will have to confront the ghosts of the past and shocking truths about the world she lives in. But how far will she go to protect her daughter? And what will it cost to break the cycle of tragedy before it’s too late?

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‘A twisty and absorbing thriller with a hugely satisfying reveal. I raced through it!’ B A Paris

‘A memorable and timely read, written with a strong sense of place and weighty themes’ Louise Voss

‘A deeply troubling situation in a beautiful, wild setting, with characters you really care about. Add in a gothic mansion, the creepiest doll you've ever imagined and a curse that won't relent, and you have the perfect mix!’ Melanie Golding

‘Atmospheric, gothic, and deeply unsettling in the very best way’ Suzy K Quinn

Critics Review

‘Relentless pace, twists at every turn – I had to keep reading, desperate to find out what was going on. Atmospheric, creepy, immersive, chilling. Roz Watkins is at the top of her game.’ Andrea Mara
‘A twisty and absorbing thriller with a hugely satisfying reveal. I raced through it!’ B. A. Paris
‘I love Roz Watkins’ books and The Wicked Girls is no exception. A memorable and timely read, written with a strong sense of place and weighty themes, and featuring her usual eminently believable, often flawed characters. I couldn’t put it down.’ Louise Voss
‘Roz is a wonderful writer, and the characters here are so well drawn! I was kept gripped to the final page by the mystery. A deeply troubling situation in a beautiful, wild setting, with characters you really care about. Add in a gothic mansion, the creepiest doll you've ever imagined and a curse that won't relent, and you have the perfect mix!’ Melanie Golding
‘I loved The Wicked Girls. It's atmospheric, gothic, and deeply unsettling in the very best way. Roz Watkins takes a terrifying premise – girls dying on their seventeenth birthdays, a curse that stretches back two hundred years – and turns it into something I genuinely couldn't put down. A brilliant read.’ Suzy K Quinn
‘This book! Couldn't put it down. The first chapter had me locked in and never has a ticking clock felt so pressing! Absolutely loved it. Utterly compelling.’ Rachel Wolf
‘An atmospheric and immersive thriller with ouija boards, curses and toxic masculinity – loved it.’ Catherine Cooper
‘Gripping, spooky, thought provoking and utterly twisty. I loved it!’ Emma Cowell
‘I couldn’t put this atmospheric, gothic gripper down. Five stars.’ Caroline Green
Author Roz Watkins
Narrator Laura Kirman, Venice Van Someren
Duration 10 hours and 40 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9780008372057
Format Audiobook
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Genre Contemporary horror and ghost stories, Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Fiction: gothic, Occult fiction, Psychological thriller
Availability AU, GB, IE

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