QUIET ONES HB

''With cunning mastery, O’Sullivan has crafted a dazzling, hypnotic thriller, rich with the mysteries'' Megan Abbott''Intoxicating and propulsive… perfectly captures the darkness and delight of adolescence'' Emilia Hart''Takes her place next to Tana French and Liz Moore as an undeniable master of the genre'' Katy HaysYou should always watch the quiet ones…Eve has a secret.Since she was very young, she has found peace in the quiet fragility of the bones of animals. The stillness of their bodies is a relief from a busy, loud world that often threatens to overwhelm her. The only person who knows about this slightly odd obsession is Eve’s best friend, Caitlin; her one constant companion in the remote Cornish village where they have grown up.Until on the first day of secondary school, in blasts new girl Amber: a vivacious, charismatic whirlwind who immediately infiltrates their sacred two. Eve can’t believe how lucky she is to belong to such a trio.Then the little boy disappears.Suddenly Eve has much bigger secrets to keep: and as every teenage girl knows, the only thing worse than keeping a terrible secret is not being part of it at all. But as Eve tries to keep her silence, she learns a devastating lesson: not all bodies are quiet.