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From the bestselling author of The Roanoke Girls.

From the bestselling author of The Roanoke Girls comes a riveting and poignant exploration of guilt, loss and devastation. ‘A blistering page-turner…deeply chilling and beautifully written’ Chris Whitaker ‘Fans of Gillian Flynn will love this’ Good Housekeeping * * * Everything changed the night Eliza Dunning died. The residents of Ludlow turned on their neighbours, the Dunning family fractured, and Eliza’s sister Greer moved away, grieving and unconvinced by the police’s version of events. Now, fourteen years later, there has been another murder. It’s time for Greer to go home. But will she finally find the answers she has been searching for? Is it a copycat killer, or one that never went away? ‘Sleek writing, insight into the complexity of terrible crimes, and a plot that will keep you guessing’ Julia Heaberlin ‘A heart-breaking crime story’ Laure Van Rensburg ‘A riveting mystery’ Woman’s Own More praise for Amy Engel: ‘Darkly sexy and compelling’ HEAT ‘You’ll be gripped’ RICHARD MADELEY 'This is fierce and brilliant' OBSERVER ‘A must-have’ SUNDAY EXPRESS

A twisty thriller from the beloved author of The Familiar Dark, in which a woman returns to the town where her sister was murdered and finds a presumed copycat on the loose It's been fourteen years since Greer Dunning's older sister, Eliza, was murdered, and Greer's family has never been the same. And now there's been a similar killing in Greer's small Kansas hometown. A copycat, according to the authorities, but Greer is convinced there is more to the story. That Eliza's murderer had help all those years ago. So Greer returns home after more than a decade away, desperate to answer the questions that have haunted her for years. And in her drive to uncover the truth, she forms a bond with the unlikeliest of allies. One that puts her in grave danger, as almost everyone in her small town becomes a suspect. At once a riveting mystery and a deep exploration of guilt, loss, and the ways in which a violent murder transforms both the family of the victim and the family of the killer, I Did It For You will keep readers captivated through the very last page.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - "With more twists than a bag of pretzels, this compelling family saga may make you question what you think you know about your own relatives."--Cosmopolitan "Roanoke girls never last long around here. In the end, we either run or we die." After her mother's suicide, fifteen year-old Lane Roanoke came to live with her grandparents and fireball cousin, Allegra, on their vast estate in rural Kansas. Lane knew little of her mother's mysterious family, but she quickly embraced life as one of the rich and beautiful Roanoke girls. But when she discovered the dark truth at the heart of the family, she ran...fast and far away. Eleven years later, Lane is adrift in Los Angeles when her grandfather calls to tell her Allegra has gone missing. Did she run too? Or something worse? Unable to resist his pleas, Lane returns to help search, and to ease her guilt at having left Allegra behind. Her homecoming may mean a second chance with the boyfriend whose heart she broke that long ago summer. But it also means facing the devastating secret that made her flee, one she may not be strong enough to run from again. As it weaves between Lane's first Roanoke summer and her return, The Roanoke Girls shocks and tantalizes, twisting its way through revelation after mesmerizing revelation, exploring the secrets families keep and the fierce and terrible love that both binds them together and rips them apart.

What would you kill for?After a brutal nuclear war, our country was decimated. A new nation of survivors lives within a fenced community. No one knows what lies beyond the fence; only that to be cast outside it is a fate worse than death. Two families fought to govern our new society. Now, peace and control are maintained by marrying the daughters of the losing faction to the sons of the winning side in a yearly ceremony. This year, it's my turn. My name is Ivy Westfall, and my mission is simple: to kill Bishop Lattimer, the president's son and my soon-to-be husband, and return the Westfall family to power.I never expected that my new husband would be the one person in the world to truly understand me. But I can't falter now - I am the only one who can restore the Westfall legacy. Bishop must die. And I must be the one to kill him...The Book of Ivy is the first novel in a thrilling dystopian young adult duology from the author of The Roanoke Girls, perfect for fans of the Delirium series.

I am still alive. Barely. My name is Ivy Westfall. I am sixteen years old and a traitor. Three months ago, I was forced to marry the President's son, Bishop Lattimer - as all daughters of the losing side of the war are sold off in marriage to the sons of the winners. But I was different. I had a mission - to kill Bishop.Instead, I fell in love with him. Now I am an outcast, left to survive the brutal savagery of the lands outside of civilization. Yet even out here, there is hope. There is life beyond the fence. But I can't outrun my past. For my actions have set off a treasonous chain of events in Westfall that will change of all our fates - especially Bishop's...And this time, it is not enough to just survive...The Revolution of Ivy is the shattering conclusion to the young adult dystopian Ivy duology, by the author of The Roanoke Girls.

The explosive RichardJudy book club thriller, perfect for fans of THE GIRLS, GOOD ME BAD ME and Gillian Flynn.

One of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2020 (Mystery/Thriller) From its gripping beginning to its sobering finale, Amy Engel's The Familiar Dark never fails to enthrall with surprising twists.-Associated Press A spellbinding story of a mother with nothing left to lose who sets out on an all-consuming quest for justice after her daughter is murdered on the town playground. Sometimes the answers are worse than the questions. Sometimes it's better not to know. Set in the poorest part of the Missouri Ozarks, in a small town with big secrets, The Familiar Dark opens with a murder. Eve Taggert, desperate with grief over losing her daughter, takes it upon herself to find out the truth about what happened. Eve is no stranger to the dark side of life, having been raised by a hard-edged mother whose lessons Eve tried not to pass on to her own daughter. But Eve may need her mother's cruel brand of strength if she's going to face the reality about her daughter's death and about her own true nature. Her quest for justice takes her from the seedy underbelly of town to the quiet woods and, most frighteningly, back to her mother's trailer for a final lesson. The Familiar Dark is a story about the bonds of family--women doing the best they can for their daughters in dire circumstances--as well as a story about how even the darkest and most terrifying of places can provide the comfort of home.

One of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2020 (Mystery/Thriller) "From its gripping beginning to its sobering finale, Amy Engel's The Familiar Dark never fails to enthrall with surprising twists."-Associated Press A spellbinding story of a mother with nothing left to lose who sets out on an all-consuming quest for justice after her daughter is murdered on the town playground. Sometimes the answers are worse than the questions. Sometimes it's better not to know. Set in the poorest part of the Missouri Ozarks, in a small town with big secrets, The Familiar Dark opens with a murder. Eve Taggert, desperate with grief over losing her daughter, takes it upon herself to find out the truth about what happened. Eve is no stranger to the dark side of life, having been raised by a hard-edged mother whose lessons Eve tried not to pass on to her own daughter. But Eve may need her mother's cruel brand of strength if she's going to face the reality about her daughter's death and about her own true nature. Her quest for justice takes her from the seedy underbelly of town to the quiet woods and, most frighteningly, back to her mother's trailer for a final lesson. The Familiar Dark is a story about the bonds of family--women doing the best they can for their daughters in dire circumstances--as well as a story about how even the darkest and most terrifying of places can provide the comfort of home.

'A high quality, sharply written thriller whose motley cast of deviants and misfits delivers some breathtaking twists on the way to a bleak but very satisfying conclusion. This is the reality of motherhood - red in tooth and claw' Sarah J Naughton, bestselling author of The Festival'Raw, powerful, beautiful - devastatingly good' TM Logan, bestselling author of The Holiday'Beautiful and harrowing and everything in between' Chris Whitaker, award-winning author of We Begin at the EndSometimes it's better not to ask questions. Sometimes it's better not to know.Eve Taggert's life has been spent steadily climbing away from her roots. Her mother, a hard and cruel woman who dragged her up in a rundown trailer park, was not who she wanted to be to her own daughter, Junie.But 12-year old Junie is now dead. Found next to the body of her best friend in the park of their small, broken town. Eve has nothing left but who she used to be.Despite the corrupt police force that patrol her dirt-poor town deep in the Missouri Ozarks, Eve is going to find what happened to her daughter. Even if it means using her own mother's cruel brand of strength to unearth secrets that don't want to be discovered and face truths it might be better not to know.Everyone is a suspect.Everyone has something to hide.And someone will answer for her daughter's murder.From the bestselling author of The Roanoke Girls, The Familiar Dark is a spellbinding story about the bonds of family as well as a story about how even the darkest and most terrifying of places can provide the comfort of home. The Familiar Dark will blow you away.PRAISE FOR THE FAMILIAR DARK'Dark and beautifully written. Spellbinding' Catherine Steadman, bestselling author of Something in the Water'Absolutely bloody brilliant. It's so well-written I felt like I was living her pain' Fiona Cummins, award-winning author of The Neighbour'Dark, moving, intriguing. Truly inspiring' Susan Lewis, bestselling author of One Minute Later'Powerful, gripping, heart-stopping' Laura McHugh, award-winning author of The Wolf Wants In'From its gripping beginning to its sobering finale, Amy Engel's The Familiar Dark never fails to enthral with surprising twists' Daily Mail'This is fierce and brilliant' The Observer

From the bestselling author of THE ROANOKE GIRLS comes a suspenseful tale of a murdered child and a mother's quest for answers.

Hjem til mørket av Amy Engel er en veldreid, rå og mørk psykologisk thriller om familiebånd og tap. For deg som liker Alex Michaelides, Paula Hawkins, Gyllian Flynn.I den fattigste delen av Missouri, i Ozarks, en liten by med store hemmeligheter, bor Eve Taggert. Hun er desperat av sorg over å ha mistet datteren, og kommer ikke å gi seg før hun finner ut sannheten om hva som skjedde med henne. Eve er ikke fremmed for den mørke siden av livet, hun og broren vokste opp med en voldelig og alkoholisert mor, og Eve har gjort alt hun kunne for å ikke videreføre dette livet til sitt eget barn. Men Eve kan komme til å trenge morens brutale styrke hvis hun skal finne ut sannheten om datterens død og sin egen sanne natur. I sin søken etter rettferdighet må Eve dra fra byens nådeløse underverden og til det mest skremmende stedet i verden – sin mors campingvogn.

Hjem til mørket av Amy Engel er en veldreid, rå og mørk psykologisk thriller om familiebånd og tap. For deg som liker Alex Michaelides, Paula Hawkins, Gyllian Flynn.I den fattigste delen av Missouri, i Ozarks, en liten by med store hemmeligheter, bor Eve Taggert. Hun er desperat av sorg over å ha mistet datteren, og kommer ikke å gi seg før hun finner ut sannheten om hva som skjedde med henne. Eve er ikke fremmed for den mørke siden av livet, hun og broren vokste opp med en voldelig og alkoholisert mor, og Eve har gjort alt hun kunne for å ikke videreføre dette livet til sitt eget barn. Men Eve kan komme til å trenge morens brutale styrke hvis hun skal finne ut sannheten om datterens død og sin egen sanne natur. I sin søken etter rettferdighet må Eve dra fra byens nådeløse underverden og til det mest skremmende stedet i verden – sin mors campingvogn.

Ibland är svaren värre än frågorna. Ibland är det bäst att inte veta alls.I en bortglömd stad i det fattiga Ozarkbergen i Missouri lever Eve och hennes dotter Junie. Eve kommer från en trasig uppväxt och den enda som är viktigt i hennes liv är att ge Junie en någorlunda god barndom. När en polisbil stannar utanför restaurangen där Eve jobbar sjunker hjärtat ner i magen. Något måste ha hänt. Polisen berättar att de har hittat Junie och hennes lekkamrat döda, mördade.Polisens sökande leder ingenstans, men Eve kan inte få ro förrän hon har hittat sin dotters mördare. Hennes jakt på rättvisa tar henne från stadens ruffigaste kvarter ut till de omgivande skogarna och slutligen till hennes barndoms trailerpark."Alltid en dotter" är en djupt drabbande roman om familjeband, om att göra allt för sina barn, och hur den värsta platsen också kan rymma den största kärleken.

Ivy Westfall is beyond the fence and she is alone. Abandoned by her family and separated from Bishop Lattimer, Ivy must find a way to survive on her own in a land filled with countless dangers, both human and natural. She has traded a more civilized type of cruelty, forced marriages and murder plots for the bare-knuckled brutality required to survive outside Westfall's borders. But there is hope beyond the fence, as well, which Ivy discovers when she is befriended by a group of people who've managed to live off the land for years. Ivy slowly becomes accustomed to the rhythms and customs of this new life, all the while trying to forget those she left behind in Westfall. When Bishop Lattimer reappears in her life, Ivy struggles to assimilate his presence, torn between love and fear. She comes to understand that true love is unconditional and opening her heart again requires that she accept the risk of pain. Ivy and Bishop settle into a life beyond the fence, but when word comes that Ivy's father and sister have staged a coup and Westfall has descended into a state of chaos, Ivy makes the difficult decision to return home with Bishop by her side. Ivy returns to Westfall stronger than when she was cast out, sure of her heart and loyalties and ready to take a final stand for what she believes is right.