Girl A

LONGLISTED FOR THE THEAKSTONS CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR

‘The year’s best debut’ SUNDAY TIMES

‘The best crime novel of the year’ INDEPENDENT

‘Sensational. Gripping, haunting, and beautifully written’ RICHARD OSMAN

CHOSEN AS A BEST BOOK OF 2021 BY THE TIMES, THE FT, THE GUARDIAN, THE INDEPENDENT, STYLIST AND MORE!

‘The biggest mystery thriller since Gone Girl’ ELLE

‘The novel you’ll stay up reading until 3am’ SUNDAY TIMES

‘An astonishing achievement.’ JESSIE BURTON

‘Gripping, beautifully written perfection.’ SOPHIE HANNAH

‘A masterpiece.’ LOUISE O’NEILL

‘Fantastic.’ PAULA HAWKINS

‘Girl A,’ she said. ‘The girl who escaped. If anyone was going to make it, it was going to be you.’

I am Lex Gracie: but they call me Girl A.

I grew up with my family on the moors.

I escaped when I was fifteen years old.

NOW SOMETHING IS PULLING ME BACK…

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SOON TO BE A TV SHOW DIRECTED BY JOHAN RENCK (Chernobyl)

‘Incendiary, beautifully written debut’ Guardian

‘Psychologically astute, adroitly organised, written with flair’ Sunday Times

‘Terrifyingly gripping’ SUSIE STEINER

‘Beautiful’ ADELE PARKS

‘Incredibly well written, devastating in a good way, and intriguing to the last page’ LIZ NUGENT

‘I was obsessed by it. As close to perfect as thrillers get’ JOHN MARRS

‘A gripping debut’ Oprah magazine

One of Marie Claire, Waterstones and Grazia’s best books for 2021

A Sunday Times No.2 bestseller for w/e 6/2/21

A New York Times bestseller