The Island of Lost Girls

<p><strong>“A stunning, genre-defying novel, poetic, immersive, and as dazzling as the Mediterranean sun even as it pulls the reader through the darkest corridors of human behavior. I was totally mesmerized. . . . Alex Marwood is in a class of her own.”—Lisa Jewell</strong></p><p><strong>“A stiletto of a novel: heart stopping and devastating.”—Jenny Colgan</strong></p><p><strong>"Sun-drenched glamour and obscene wealth hide evil secrets in this ripped-from-the-headlines thriller about money, corruption, power and lost innocence from “one of crime fiction''s brightest stars” (Megan Abbott)<em>, </em>the Edgar and Macavity Award-winning author of <em>The Wicked Girls</em> and <em>The Killer Next Door.</em></strong></p><p><strong>Library Hardcover Edition</strong></p><p><em>It''s paradise for the super-rich, but hell for the girls whose lives they''ve stolen</em></p><p>1985</p><p>To twelve-year-old Mercedes, La Kastellana is home, an island