{"product_id":"9780008361341","title":"The Silence","description":"\u003cp\u003eLonglisted for the New Blood Dagger Award 2021\n\u003cbr\u003e 'A darkly gripping and addictive read. I tore through it in a few days' ESTHER FREUD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'Deeply engrossing ... an exquisite literary thriller' PHILIPPA EAST\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'Emotionally wrenching' WALL STREET JOURNAL\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'Impossible to put down' TREVOR WOOD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e A missing woman\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 30 years ago, in the suffocating heat of a Sydney summer, the Greens' next-door neighbour Mandy disappeared without a trace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e A cold case reopened\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e In 1997, in a basement flat in Hackney, Isla Green is awakened by a call in the middle of the night: her father is under suspicion of Mandy's murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e A devastating secret\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e How well does Isla know her father? Is he capable of doing something terrible? And is there another secret in their community - a conspiracy of silence which stretches deep into Australia's past?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e ------------------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'An atmospheric, convincing portrayal of the way that the decisions we make, both individually and collectively, reverberate down the years' GUARDIAN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'Allott uses the scandal of Australia's stolen children to devastating effect in this memorable debut' SUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'A riveting mystery, beautifully unwound. The Silence excavates dark, decades-old secrets buried in human hearts, in families and in nations. I read it in one weekend' ERIN KELLY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'An impressive and beautifully written, Australian-set debut with the devastating subject of the Stolen Generation at its core' FIONA MITCHELL\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'Tense, atmospheric and brilliantly paced. The Silence is fraught with disturbing secrets and powerful emotions. I loved it' FRANCESCA JAKOBI\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'A brooding, suspenseful debut' SUNDAY MIRROR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'A suspenseful, beautifully crafted debut for fans of Celeste Ng and Jane Harper' TELEGRAPH AUSTRALIA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'Intricate and suspenseful... [a] stellar debut' NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Borough Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52904334328117,"sku":"EB_LI0811_M06-01_AD","price":69.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0971\/7773\/1381\/files\/9780008361341-1.jpg?v=1789399063","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.ae\/products\/9780008361341","provider":"Books Kinokuniya UAE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}