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Published: 27th May 2025
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Published: 1st April 2025
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Published: 30th July 2024
Girl Falling
By (Author) Hayley Scrivenor
Thorndike Press
Thorndike Press
1st April 2025
Large Print Edition
United States
General
Fiction
Crime and mystery fiction
Crime and mystery: women sleuths
Hardback
Width 140mm, Height 216mm
The USA Today bestselling, Lambda Awardwinning author of Dirt Creek is back with a womans story of the aftermath of the climbing incident that killed her girlfriendand getting to the truth.
Torn between her girlfriend, Magdu, and her best friend, Daphne, Finn is looking forward to a day of rock climbing and bonding for the three women on the soaring cliffs near their Australian town. But nothing goes as she planned, and in a horrific accident, Magdu falls to her death.
Rocked by grief, Finn tries to pinpoint where it all went wrong. Did Magdu die because of Finns friendship with overbearing Daphne, who has never wanted Finn to change or leave her Can Finn trace it all the way back to the tragic childhood loss of her sister What about Magdus family, who would never have accepted their relationship
When the police suspect foul play in Magdus death, Finn begins to search for the shocking truth about her relationships and what has been in front of her all along. Beautifully written by the #1 internationally bestselling, Lammy Awardwinning Hayley Scrivenor, Girl Falling is a beautiful love story, a tender meditation on grief, and a searing tale of just how much our lies can cost us.
Hayley Scrivenor is the master of the unexpected. . . At the heart of this love story is the theme of female friendship, in all its complex, messy, beautiful glory. Hayley's characters are so real you swear you could reach out and touch them.
Australian Women's Weekly
With twists and turns aplenty, Scrivenor skillfully misleads us right up to the surprising denouement."
The Big Issue
Twisty. . . culminating in a bombshell reveal. . . Scrivenors evocative sense of place and unerring aim for the emotional jugular keep the pages turning. . . Scrivenor delivers some gratifying jolts.
Publishers Weekly
Hayley Scrivenor is the USA Today and #1 international bestselling author of Dirt Creek and Girl Falling. Dirt Creek, Scrivenors debut novel, won the Lammy Award for Best LGBTQ+ Mystery and the ILP John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger and was a Barry Award and ITW Thriller Award Nominee for Best First Novel. Hayley now lives and writes on Dharawal country and has a Ph.D. in creative writing from the University of Wollongong on the south coast of Australia.