Girl A

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LONGLISTED FOR THE THEAKSTONS CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR

The years best debut SUNDAY TIMES
The best crime novel of the year INDEPENDENT
Sensational. Gripping, haunting, and beautifully written RICHARD OSMAN

CHOSEN AS A BEST BOOK OF 2021 BY THE TIMES, THE FT, THE GUARDIAN, THE INDEPENDENT, STYLIST AND MORE!
The biggest mystery thriller since Gone Girl ELLE
The novel youll stay up reading until 3am SUNDAY TIMES
An astonishing achievement. JESSIE BURTON
Gripping, beautifully written perfection. SOPHIE HANNAH
A masterpiece. LOUISE ONEILL
Fantastic. PAULA HAWKINS

Girl A, she said. The girl who escaped. If anyone was going to make it, it was going to be you.

I am Lex Gracie: but they call me Girl A.
I grew up with my family on the moors.
I escaped when I was fifteen years old.

NOW SOMETHING IS PULLING ME BACK

RIGHTS SOLD IN 36 TERRITORIES

SOON TO BE A TV SHOW DIRECTED BY JOHAN RENCK (Chernobyl)

Incendiary, beautifully written debut Guardian
Psychologically astute, adroitly organised, written with flair Sunday Times
Terrifyingly gripping SUSIE STEINER
Beautiful ADELE PARKS
Incredibly well written, devastating in a good way, and intriguing to the last page LIZ NUGENT
I was obsessed by it. As close to perfect as thrillers get JOHN MARRS
A gripping debut Oprah magazine
One of Marie Claire, Waterstones and Grazias best books for 2021
A Sunday Times No.2 bestseller for w/e 6/2/21
A New York Times bestseller

Reviews

Sensational RICHARD OSMAN

Psychologically astute, written with flair. In the new year battle between first thrillers its the clear winner SUNDAY TIMES

Superb. Authentic, humane and full of hope GUARDIAN

The novel youll stay up reading until 3am SUNDAY TIMES STYLE

Powerful, evocative and accomplished SUNDAY EXPRESS

Astonishingly good OBSERVER

VC Andrews for Generation Z THE TIMES

An unmissable debut. Absorbing and powerful DAILY EXPRESS

This haunting, bruising drama has a gut-punch of a twist GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

A powerful read, an astonishing debut PRIMA

A gripping and eerie read BBC ONLINE

A riveting page-turner, full of hope in the face of despair SOPHIE HANNAH for THE GUARDIAN

Deft yet devastating. An astonishing achievement' JESSIE BURTON

Utter genius JOANNA CANNON

A masterpiece LOUISE ONEILL

Terrifyingly gripping SUSIE STEINER

Fantastic, I loved it PAULA HAWKINS

Dark, compelling JANE FALLON

Incredibly well written, devastating in a good way LIZ NUGENT

A scorcher of a debut EMMA GANNON

Girl A gives you no option but to put your life on pause STACEY HALLS

Pitch black, but with such a thread of tenderness BETH MORREY

A modern-day classic JEFFERY DEAVER

Beautiful ADELE PARKS

Insanely gripping MARIAN KEYES

Remarkable CHRIS WHITAKER

Tremendously accomplished JANE CASEY

Powerful, immersive HARRIET TYCE

Intense, haunting, powerful T.M. LOGAN

A gripping novel OPRAH MAGAZINE

The biggest mystery thriller since Gone Girl ELLE

Grips from the first page THE BOOKSELLER

One of 2021s biggest debuts COSMOPOLITAN

A dark thriller with a heartbreaking twist RED

You wont be able to put it down HELLO

Brilliant THE SUN

Author Bio

Abigail Dean was born in Manchester, and grew up in the Peak District. She graduated from Cambridge with a Double First in English. Formerly a Waterstones bookseller, she spent five years as a lawyer in London, and took last summer off to work on her debut novel, Girl A, ahead of her thirtieth birthday. She now works as a lawyer for Google, and is currently writing her second novel.