The Last Lost Girl - Couverture souple

Hoey, Maria

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1781998310 ISBN 13 : 9781781998311

Editeur : Poolbeg Press Ltd, 2017

Synopsis

Unravelling the past can be dangerous . . .

On a perfect July evening in the sizzling Irish summer of 1976, fifteen-year-old Festival Queen Lilly Brennan disappears. Thirty-seven years later, as the anniversary of Lilly's disappearance approaches, her sister Jacqueline returns to their childhood home in Blackberry Lane. There she stumbles upon something that reopens the mystery, setting her on a search for the truth a search that leads her to surprising places and challenging encounters.

Jacqueline feels increasingly compelled to find the answer to what happened to Lilly all those years ago and finally lay her ghost to rest. But at what cost? For unravelling the past proves to be a dangerous and painful thing, and her path to the truth leads her ever closer to a dark secret she may not wish to know.

'A haunting, mesmerising first novel with a chilling secret at its core. It will grip and surprise you to the very last page RTÉ Guide

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Maria Hoey has been writing since she was eight years old. Her poetry has appeared in Ireland foremost poetry publication, Poetry Ireland, and her poems and short stories have also appeared in various magazines. In 1999, Maria won first prize in the Swords Festival Short Story Competition. In 2010, she was runner-up in the Mslexia International Short Story Competition and was also shortlisted for the Michael McLaverty Short Story Award. Maria was raised in Swords, Co Dublin, and has one daughter, Rebecca. She lives in Portmarnock with her husband, Dr Garrett O Boyle.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Poolbeg Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1781998310
• ISBN 13: 9781781998311
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 448
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible