Longlisted for the New Blood Dagger Award 2021

'A darkly gripping and addictive read. I tore through it in a few days' ESTHER FREUD

'Deeply engrossing... an exquisite literary thriller' PHILIPPA EAST

'Emotionally wrenching' WALL STREET JOURNAL

'Impossible to put down' TREVOR WOOD

A missing woman

30 years ago, in the suffocating heat of a Sydney summer, the Greens' next-door neighbour Mandy disappeared without a trace.

A cold case reopened

In 1997, in a basement flat in Hackney, Isla Green is awakened by a call in the middle of the night: her father is under suspicion of Mandy's murder.

A devastating secret

How well does Isla know her father? Is he capable of doing something terrible? And is there another secret in their community - a conspiracy of silence which stretches deep into Australia's past?

------------------------------

'An atmospheric, convincing portrayal of the way that the decisions we make, both individually and collectively, reverberate down the years' GUARDIAN

'Allott uses the scandal of Australia's stolen children to devastating effect in this memorable debut' SUNDAY TIMES

'A riveting mystery, beautifully unwound. The Silence excavates dark, decades-old secrets buried in human hearts, in families and in nations. I read it in one weekend' ERIN KELLY

'An impressive and beautifully written, Australian-set debut with the devastating subject of the Stolen Generation at its core' FIONA MITCHELL

'Tense, atmospheric and brilliantly paced. The Silence is fraught with disturbing secrets and powerful emotions. I loved it' FRANCESCA JAKOBI

'A brooding, suspenseful debut' SUNDAY MIRROR

'A suspenseful, beautifully crafted debut for fans of Celeste Ng and Jane Harper' TELEGRAPH AUSTRALIA

'Intricate and suspenseful... [a] stellar debut' NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS

• We started tracking this book on May 29, 2020.
• This book was £4.99 when we started tracking it.
• The price of this book has changed 34 times in the past 1,708 days.
• The current price of this book is £6.49 last checked 11 hours ago.
• This lowest price this book has been offered at in the past year is £3.49.
• The lowest price to date was £0.99 last reached on August 31, 2022.
• This book has been £0.99 5 times since we started tracking it.
• The highest price to date was £7.99 last reached on December 14, 2024.
• This book has been £7.99 one time since we started tracking it.

• Crime, Thriller & MysteryThrillers
• Literature & FictionLiterary FictionLiterary
• Literature & FictionLiterary FictionMystery, Thriller & Suspense
• Literature & FictionLiterary FictionPsychological
• Literature & FictionGenre FictionPsychological

• Text-to-Speech: Disabled
• Lending: Disabled
• Print Length: 367 Pages
• File Size: 5,970 KB