The Wicked Girls

The Wicked Girls by Alex Marwood

You can run but you can't hide.

Sins of the past never really disappear; they just simmer below the surface like a  kettle ready to boil.

Jade and Bel are unlikely friends.  Jade is one of the Walker clan, dirty, disheveled, a product of a slovenly mother who clearly is unable or unwilling to exhibit any affection for her own children.  Bel lives on the affluent side of town with her mother and wealthy stepfather.  She feels like a stranger in her own home, nothing but  a nuisance to her family, hiding unfathomable
secrets.  One fateful day in 1986 they are charged with the murder of a  four- year-old child named Chloe.  Forbidden to ever contact one another again, they are sent to two different detention centers to repent for the crime.

Twenty-five years later both girls have new identities.  Kirsty is a journalist covering a series of brutal murders in a seaside vacation town.  Amber is a supervisor at a local carnival where the most recent, gruesome death has taken place.  Their paths cross again.  Now they are forced to relive that horrible memory and somehow place trust in one another because no one, including their families, know the truth about their hideous past.  And when that past is revealed, Kirsty and Amber once again find themselves the targets of suspicious minds.  Ultimately, the sacrifice of one will save another.

This book is not for everyone.  Rough language, adult situations. Eerie and haunting.

A true psychological thriller....in a word....wicked. 

And the ending? 

It will blow you away..........