The Wicked Girls by Alex Marwood, Sphere, $29.95
Eleven-year old Jade from the notoriously bad Walker family is never left in any doubt that she won’t amount anything, while young Bel Oldacre is abused by her rich mother and stepfather.
They’re two damaged girls who spend just one day together, one day in which they’re charged with the murder of a four-year old girl.
Years later crime reporter Kirsty Lindsay and funfair cleaner Amber Gordon bump into each other in a grim English seaside town, two women living with a shameful secret, protected by their new names.
But which is Bel and which is Jade? And who is killing young women in this seedy holiday destination?
Alex Marwood interweaves the story of the two girls, and the women they grew up to be with great skill.
It’s a thought-provoking look at crime and rehabilitation wrapped up in a thriller that will have you compulsively flipping pages well into the small hours.
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