The Dear Ones
When two teenage girls disappear overnight, a small town’s close-knit community begins to crack...
For two years and two months, death has haunted the town of Garland. A string of brutal crimes and strange accidents has left the community dazed with grief and rage, convinced a curse has descended upon them.
And just when it seems things can’t get any worse, two teenage girls disappear.
Field hockey stars Misty Meighan and Amber Fox would never miss the season’s biggest game, and as panic grips the town, Garland’s close-knit community begins to crack, exposing a web of secrets, shame, and violence hiding in plain sight.
The remaining Garland Devils decide take the search into their own hands, but will they be able to find their friends and end the curse before it’s too late?
The Dear Ones, is a gripping, satisfying, multi-threaded thriller about obsession, desire, and power, and is Megan Abbott’s most propulsive, page-turner yet.
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Megan Abbott
Her work has won or been nominated for the CWA Steel Dagger, the International Thriller Writers Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and five Edgar awards. Formerly a staff writer on HBO's David Simon show, The Deuce, she is now co-creator, executive producer and show-runner of Dare Me, based upon her novel, for the USA Network and, internationally, Netflix.
Born in the Detroit area, she graduated from the University of Michigan and received her Ph.D. in English and American literature from New York University. She has taught at NYU, the State University of New York and the New School University. In 2013-14, she served as the John Grisham Writer in Residence at Ole Miss.
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