{"product_id":"killingly-by-katharine-beutner-9781838959234","title":"Killingly","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFEATURED ON LIT HUB'S TOP CRIME NOVELS TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2023\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A story of women who defy strict rules, \u003cem\u003eKillingly\u003c\/em\u003e is a gripping novel of intrigue and surprising twists.'\u003c\/em\u003e - Kate Manning, author of \u003cem\u003eMy Notorious Life\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe young women at Mount Holyoke College are famed for their beauty and virtue—except for Agnes and Bertha. With their strange dresses, scholarly pursuits and intimate friendship, these two students are considered peculiar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne autumn morning, Bertha vanishes, leaving Agnes to wander the cold university halls alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs a search team dredges the pond where Bertha might have drowned, an investigation into her disappearance begins. Agnes might know the truth, but she is being unhelpfully tight-lipped, inciting the suspicions of Bertha's family, the students at Mount Holyoke, and the detective hired for the case. As secrets from Bertha and Agnes's lives begin to surface, so do the competing agendas driving each person who is searching for her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat happened to Bertha? Who would want to hurt her? And could she still be alive?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003cem\u003eKILLINGLY\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A superb novel, suffused with dread, riddled with covert motivations and desires, reckoning with painful secrets, artfully rendering the myriad facets of this mysterious case while bearing witness to the sacrifices many women have made to live—and die—authentically.'\u003c\/em\u003e - Elizabeth McKenzie, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Dog of the North\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'\u003cem\u003eKillingly\u003c\/em\u003e moves deliberately, achingly, through one young woman's disappearance in 1897 . . . Extraordinary fiction. Now, more than ever, we need to know the truth this story reveals.'\u003c\/em\u003e - Julia Phillips, author of National Book Award Finalist \u003cem\u003eDisappearing Earth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072590627052,"sku":"9781838959234","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/20577163482842.jpg?v=1765118804","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/killingly-by-katharine-beutner-9781838959234","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}