*NEW FROM MELISSA ALBERT - INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE HAZEL WOOD*
House of Hollow meets A Good Girl''s Guide to Murder, THE BAD ONES is a page-turning supernatural thriller about four mysterious disappearances in a town haunted by a sinister magical history - and one girl searching for the truth.
‘A gripping story of friendship and the supernatural . . . Albert’s talent for YA fiction is magical and undeniable. I was sucked right into The Bad Ones from the start, and on the edge of my seat until the end.’ Independent
A GAME GONE WRONG. A MISSING FRIEND. A TOWN OF BURIED SECRETS . . .
Goddess, Goddess, count to five. In the morning, who''s alive?
In a single winter''s night, four people vanish without a trace across a small town . . .
Nora''s best friend, Becca, is one of the lost. Determined to find her, Nora discovers a string of coded messages Becca has left. These clues point to another missing girl thirty years prior and a sinister urban legend: a goddess figure, who played an eerie role in Nora and Becca''s own childhood games . . .
As Nora unravels the mystery, it''s soon clear there are dark forces at work in her town - and they''ll stop at nothing to keep their secrets buried deep.
‘A masterful horror-thriller’ Laura Steven
''The kind of horror that doesn’t just make you check under your bed - it makes you check your own reflection in the mirror . . . ’ Ava Reid
‘Addictively terrifying’ Courtney Summers, author of Sadie
Praise for Melissa Albert:
''I couldn''t put it down'' Karen M. McManus
''Taut, haunting, and potent as a witches brew'' Krystal Sutherland
''Every line reads like an incantation'' V.E. Schwab