The Silence

Longlisted for the New Blood Dagger Award 2021 <p>'A darkly gripping and addictive read. I tore through it in a few days’ <strong>ESTHER FREUD</strong></p> <p>'Deeply engrossing … an exquisite… Lue lisää Longlisted for the New Blood Dagger Award 2021 <p>'A darkly gripping and addictive read. I tore through it in a few days’ <strong>ESTHER FREUD</strong></p> <p>'Deeply engrossing … an exquisite literary thriller’ <strong>PHILIPPA EAST</strong></p> <p>‘Emotionally wrenching’ <strong><em>WALL STREET JOURNAL</em></strong></p> <p>‘Impossible to put down’ <strong>TREVOR WOOD</strong></p> <p> <strong>A missing woman</strong> </p> <p>30 years ago, in the suffocating heat of a Sydney summer, the Greens’ next-door neighbour Mandy disappeared without a trace. </p> <p> <strong>A cold case reopened</strong> </p> <p>In 1997, in a basement flat in Hackney, Isla Green is awakened by a call in the middle of the night: her father is under suspicion of Mandy’s murder. </p> <p> <strong>A devastating secret</strong> </p> <p>How well does Isla know her father? Is he capable of doing something terrible? And is there another secret in their community – a conspiracy of silence which stretches deep into Australia’s past? </p> <p>––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––</p> <p>‘An atmospheric, convincing portrayal of the way that the decisions we make, both individually and collectively, reverberate down the years’ <em><strong>GUARDIAN</strong></em></p> <p>‘Allott uses the scandal of Australia’s stolen children to devastating effect in this memorable debut’ <strong><em>SUNDAY TIMES</em></strong></p> <p>'A riveting mystery, beautifully unwound. <em>The Silence</em> excavates dark, decades-old secrets buried in human hearts, in families and in nations. I read it in one weekend’ <strong>ERIN KELLY</strong></p> <p>‘An impressive and beautifully written, Australian-set debut with the devastating subject of the Stolen Generation at its core’ <strong>FIONA MITCHELL</strong></p> <p>‘Tense, atmospheric and brilliantly paced. <em>The Silence</em> is fraught with disturbing secrets and powerful emotions. I loved it’ <strong>FRANCESCA JAKOBI</strong></p> <p>‘A brooding, suspenseful debut’ <strong><em>SUNDAY MIRROR</em></strong></p> <p>‘A suspenseful, beautifully crafted debut for fans of Celeste Ng and Jane Harper’ <strong><em>TELEGRAPH AUSTRALIA</em></strong></p> <p>‘Intricate and suspenseful… [a] stellar debut’ <strong><em>NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS</em></strong></p>