Pretty Girls

Twenty years ago, Julia Scott vanished without a trace, and her family never recovered. Her younger sisters, Claire and Lydia, have lived ever since in the shadow of that unanswered question. When another teenage girl goes missing in circumstances that closely echo Julia's disappearance, both women are pulled back into the past they have spent two decades trying to escape.

Karen Slaughter, a No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author, turns her unflinching eye on grief, sisterhood and the secrets families bury to survive. As Claire and Lydia dig into what really happened, the truth proves far darker than either of them expected. This is a strong choice for readers who want dark psychological suspense rooted in real human damage, and it is the kind of book that makes staying up late a certainty.