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Tall Oaks :The award-winning first novel from the bestselling author of ALL THE COLOURS OF THE DARK
Tall Oaks :The award-winning first novel from the bestselling author of ALL THE COLOURS OF THE DARK
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Published:
8 September, 2016
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Description
FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF ALL THE COLOURS OF THE DARK AND WE BEGIN AT THE END.
Tall Oaks is an idyllic small town, until the disappearance of a young child throws the tight-knit community into crisis.
Jess Monroe, the boy's distraught mother, is simultaneously leading the search and battling her own grief and self-destructive behaviour. Her neighbours watch on, their sympathy masking a string of dark secrets.
This is a small town where nothing is as it seems, and everyone has something to hide. And as the investigation draws towards a climax, prepare for a devastating final twist . . .
Dark, full of suspense and packed with twists, this brilliant new thriller is like nothing you've read before.
PRAISE FOR TALL OAKS:
'An absolute delight . . . Highly original' LAURA WILSON, GUARDIAN
'Completely blew me away' LISA HALL
'One of the best books I've read this year' JO SPAIN
'Chris Whitaker builds an entire town in the reader's head and masterfully inhabits it with comic, poignant, gripping life. Tall Oaks becomes a part of you' DAVID WHITEHOUSE
'It's rare that a novel can be both brilliantly comic and tragic, and balance the two so effortlessly' SUN
'A gripping debut' MAIL ON SUNDAY
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781785770302 |
| ISBN10 | 1785770306 |
| Number Of Pages | 368 |
| Item Weight | 258 g |
| Product Dimensions | 129 x 198 x 25 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | twenty7 |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
Noir has an anarchic new voice * Sarah Hilary *
A brilliant, beautiful, sad, funny book . . . It made me laugh, but it also made me cry more than any other book I've read this year * Emma Flint, author of Little Deaths *
Tall Oaks is a pleasingly unusual mixture of psychological thriller and screwball comedy from a young writer who is clearly not afraid to take risks . . . its combination of verve, humour and pathos make it well worth a read. An absolute delight . . . highly original -- Laura Wilson * The Guardian *
A perpetually fascinating read * Heat *
It's rare that a novel can be both brilliantly comic and tragic, and balance the two so effortlessly but this tale does exactly that - with a tense rollercoaster of a story. A fine debut -- Jade Craddock * Sun *
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Author's Bio
Chris Whitaker is the award-winning author of adult fiction Tall Oaks, All the Wicked Girls and We Begin at the End. Tall Oaks was the winner of the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger Award and We Begin At The End was a Waterstones Thriller of the Month, a New York Times bestseller, a Der Spiegel bestseller, an international #1 bestseller and winner of the CWA Gold Dagger Award, the Ned Kelly Best International Crime Award, and the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year.