Soon Jess is thrown up against the question she fears most: what is the true cost of an extraordinary life? _ 'Hypnotic. Seductive, unsettling, and beautifully written, The Truants is a debut novel of literary suspense perfect for lovers of Agatha Christie and The Secret History. Having worked as a journalist, a ghost writer, an editor, and slush pile reader, her debut novel The Truants was published in the UK in August 2019 by Bloomsbury, and will be published in January 2020 with Putnam Penguin in the United States, as well as in Germany and Czechslovakia. But the dynamic between the friends begins to darken as they share secrets, lovers and finally a tragedy. Kate Weinberg is a graduate of the UEA Creative Writing MA. Drawn into a tightly-knit group of rule breakers – led by their maverick teacher, Lorna Clay – Jess begins to experiment with a new version of herself. But when she arrives at a concrete university campus under flat, grey, East Anglian skies, her world flares with colour. Price: US 8. An impressive debut' - The Times _ AN OBSERVER, i AND NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR _ During the first year of university, a group of friends discover the cost of an extraordinary life in this captivating debut about obsession, rivalry and coming of age Jess Walker, middle child of a middle class family, has perfected the art of vanishing in plain sight. The Truants Kate Weinberg Item Information Condition: Very GoodVery Good Very good trade paperback.
One of the best novels I've ever read' - Fearne Cotton 'As much a coming-of-age tale as a murder mystery. There’s a doozy of a murder in Kate Weinberg’s hypnotic debut mystery, THE TRUANTS (Putnam, 311 pp., 26), one that might have met with the approval of the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie. Startling' - Irish Times 'Magical in every way. _ 'In the vein of Agatha Christie herself.
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