Book : Reckless Girls A Novel - Hawkins, Rachel

-Titulo Original : Reckless Girls A Novel

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St. Martins Press

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About the Author Rachel Hawkins is the New York Times bestselling author of The Wife Upstairs and Reckless Girls, as well as multiple books for young readers. Her work has been translated in over a dozen countries. She studied gender and sexuality in Victorian literature at Auburn University and currently lives in Alabama. Instant New York Times and USA Today bestsellerA literary pina colada. --EWA high-octane thriller. --New York Times Book Review (Staff Pick)ONE ISLANDBeautiful, wild, and strange Meroe Island is a desolate spot in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with a mysterious history of shipwrecks, cannibalism, and even rumors of murder. It’s the perfect destination for the most adventurous traveler to escape everything... except the truth.SIX VISITORSSix stunning twentysomethings are about to embark on a blissful, free-spirited journey one filled with sun-drenched days and intoxicating nights. But as it becomes clear that the group is even more cut off from civilization than they initially thought, it starts to feel like the island itself is closing in, sending them on a dangerous spiral of discovery.COUNTLESS SECRETSWhen one person goes missing and another turns up dead, the remaining friends wonder what dark currents lie beneath this impenetrable paradise and who else will be swept under its secluded chaos. With its island gothic sensibility, sexy suspense, and spine-tingling reimagining of an Agatha Christie classic, Reckless Girls will wreck you. Review Indie Next Pick and LibraryReads PickIt started as a romantic idyll. It ended with a stack of corpses. In “Reckless Girls, a vacation on a remote atoll in the South Pacific goes very, very wrong...the ending feels like that great moment in “Body Heat” when the camera swoops down to reveal the identity of the last person standing at the end of all the mayhem. Who will it be?--The New York TimesA literary piña colada…Hawkins merges pitch-black comedy and wicked, gasp-inducing thrills, surprising at every turn as she uses the genre to comment on vengeance and femininity…Irresistible.--Entertainment WeeklyThis diabolically plotted nail-biter makes for dangerously addictive reading.--Publishers WeeklyHawkins twists revenge, madness, and an increasingly menacing setting into a cleverly plotted nightmare in paradise. A must-read for fans of Ruth Ware.--Booklist (starred)Evocative prose and a palpably foreboding atmosphere complement Lux’s present-tense narration, which Hawkins studs with flashbacks exposing the secrets, lies, and betrayals that brought each character to this point. Danger and interpersonal drama abound, with a slew of outrageous twists adding to the fun. A soapy, claustrophobic page-turner.--KirkusWith a gothic sense of foreboding and plenty of dark secrets...the plot builds to an explosive conclusion. Hawkins uses the tensions among her young, beautiful characters to take a look at the intersections of class and gender, but there are no innocent people in this treacherous paradise. Fans of the film The Beach and televisions Lost will be enthralled.--Shelf AwarenessAfter reinventing Jane Eyre in The Wife Upstairs, Rachel Hawkins is giving Agatha Christies And Then There Were None a modern twist in Reckless Girls.--PopSugar This fun and exciting tale of suspense that happens to be both topical and tropical...Hawkins keeps the fun, engaging writing style of The Wife Upstairs, but gives readers a totally different experience with Reckless Girls a darker tone with higher stakes, more tension, and much edgier characters.--The Nerd DailyHawkins cleverly doles out the clues...Reckless Girls again proves her talent for frightening adult novels.--Florida Sun-SentinelLike its seductive island setting, Rachel Hawkins’ sharp and feral Reckless Girls is a shimmering mirage of a novel that tantalizes from page one. Perfectly crafted and compulsively readable, each twist in this gripping tale of trust