Kala

Colin Walsh

From Shelf: Official Indie Fiction Bestsellers (week 32, 2024)

A gripping literary page-turner from a rising Irish talent in which former friends, estranged for fifteen years, reckon with the terrifying events of the summer that changed their lives.

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER'NOT TO BE MISSED' OBSERVER'ADDICTIVE... AND EXPLOSIVE' DAILY TELEGRAPH'GRIPPING... A STONKINGLY GOOD READ' IRISH TIMESTHE GRITTY HEARTBREAKER OF A THRILLER, FOR FANS OF CHRIS WHITAKER AND TANA FRENCHHelen, Joe and Mush were part of an original group of six inseparable teenagers in the summer of 2003, with motherless, reckless Kala Lanann as their group's white-hot centre. Soon after that summer's peak, Kala disappeared without a trace.Now it's fifteen years later. Human remains have been discovered in the woods. Two more girls have gone missing. As past and present begin to collide, can the estranged friends figure out what led to Kala's disappearance... and stop history repeating itself?___YOUR NEW OBSESSION, LOVED BY READERS'Whatever you do, just read it. Amazing.' *****'Loved this. Total page turner' *****'I just could not put it down. I can't recommend it enough.' *****'My actual heart! This book is amazing.' *****'Explosive and riveting' *****'A suspenseful thriller from a writer who can really write!' *****'I loved this book and stayed up far too late reading it many times' *****'Wow, it is a mesmerising, clever and highly addictive read... all the stars from me' *****