Author:Joan Lindsay
**A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BIG JUBILEE READ PICK**
'A sinister tale' Guardian
The classic, atmospheric Australian thriller about the mysterious disappearance of a group of young girls.
A cloudless summer day in the year nineteen hundred...
Everyone at Appleyard College for Young Ladies agreed it was just right for a picnic at Hanging Rock. After lunch, a group of three girls climbed into the blaze of the afternoon sun, pressing on through the scrub into the shadows of Hanging Rock. Further, higher, till at last they disappeared.
They never returned.
Is Picnic at Hanging Rock fact or fiction? Only you can truly decide.
This deliciously horrific Australian thriller, set in 1900, could be seen as an anti-picnic cautionary tale.
—— ObserverWritten in a beautifully haunting style that drew me in.
—— Esther McKay , Sun Herald (Australia)A sinister tale...laced with touches of other-worldliness
—— GuardianA truly impressive writer
—— We Love This BookReichs' seamless blending of fascinating science and dead-on psychological portrayals, not to mention a whirlwind of a plot, make [her novels] a must read
—— Jeffery DeaverReading Reichs is always an education one way or another. There is plenty of action... but it is the detail that actually makes it gripping
—— Evening StandardBrennan is a winner, and so is Reichs
—— Daily NewsA truly impressive writer
—— We Love This BookAn astonishing debut . . . Hobbs is up there with the best . . . a masterpiece
—— GuardianSmoking-fast . . . the debut of a gifted crime writer who will only get better
—— New York TimesA pulse-pumping heist thriller
—— Rolling StoneNeville's third outing confirms him as the king of Belfast noir
—— John O'Connell , GuardianA stir-fry of death and addiction
—— Tom Adair , Scotland on SundayScary, but always humane
—— Joan Smith , The Sunday TimesThis guy can write.
—— James EllroyNeville has the talent to believably blend the tropes of the crime novel and those of a horror, in the process creating a page-turning thriller akin to a collaboration between John Connolly and Stephen King...
—— The Sunday IndependentA brilliant thriller: unbearably tense, stomach-churningly frightening.
—— The ObserverA no-frills thriller that barrels along at a ferocious pace, pausing only to offer the occasional nod to 1970s paranoid classics such as William Goldman's Marathon Man.
—— Declan Burke , Irish TimesStuart Neville's third novel effortlessly exceeds the high expectations created by the first two installments... Stuart Neville's latest novel is a thrilling masterpiece. From its gripping and well paced plot to its well defined and intriguing characters, Stolen Souls is a powerful novel, which does not shy away from exploring the new literary landscape for Northern Irish fiction.
—— Kellie Chambers , Ulster TatlerBelinda Bauer's thrillers are always compelling, always original, always brilliant. I will rush to read anything she writes
—— Mark BillinghamBold and original, Rubbernecker draws you into unexpected psychological territory with its sophisticated, fast-paced story. A thought-provoking page-turner you won't be able to put down.
—— KOETHI ZAN, author of The Never List