The Truants - Kate Weinberg

´Hypnotic... An uncommonly clever whodunnit´ - New York Times Book Review. ´Deftly plotted with vivid, compelling characters´ - Jojo Moyes. ´One of the standout books of the summer´ - Stylist. ´In the vein of Agatha Christie herself. Startling´ - Irish Times. A captivating debut about obsession, rivalry and coming of age - an Observer and i Book of the Year. Jess Walker, middle child of a middle class family, has perfected the art of vanishing in plain sight. But when she arrives at a concrete university campus under flat, grey, East Anglian skies, her world flares with colour. Drawn into a tightly-knit group of rule breakers – led by their maverick teacher, Lorna Clay – Jess begins to experiment with a new version of herself. But the dynamic between the friends begins to darken as they share secrets, lovers and finally a tragedy. Soon Jess is thrown up against the question she fears most: what is the true cost of an extraordinary life?
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