{"product_id":"9781760895747-the-hollow-girl","title":"The Hollow Girl","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlternating between 1961 and 1973, The Hollow Girl is the stunning new literary suspense novel from the award-winning author of The Silent Listener.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHARROWFORD HALL\u003cbr\u003e\n  A safe haven for lost girls? Or a breeding ground for revenge? \u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\nIt's 1973 and Detective Sergeant Eleanor Smith is finally assigned her first homicide case. A woman's body has been discovered at Harrowford Hall, a home for unmarried mothers deep in the Victorian countryside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLed by the formidable Mrs Montague, Harrowford has for decades sold itself as a refuge for 'girls in crisis' - like fourteen-year-old Jane McEvoy, who has no idea of how she got pregnant. And Marilyn Pollard, a scared, angry teenager desperate to escape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut when Detective Smith arrives at the once-grand gothic mansion, she finds it all but deserted. What's more, the home's overgrown graveyard suggests the apparent poisoning of Nurse Chapman is not Harrowford's first suspicious death . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e'The Hollow Girl is a haunting mystery, observed with moral clarity and a scalpel-sharp pen. Once again, Yeowart imbues a gripping crime narrative with literary sensibility, and the result is one of the best crime novels I've read in years.' JP POMARE, author of The Wrong Woman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'An expansive and vivid story that wells up from a dark place in history. A tale of lies and betrayal that will make you angry and keep you up at night. Lyn Yeowart is a writer to be reckoned with and this story grabbed me from the opening scene. You need to read it - now!' HAYLEY SCRIVENOR, internationally bestselling author of Dirt Town and Girl Falling\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003e'Fiendishly clever and wonderfully original, The Hollow Girl reveals a sordid world swept under history's carpet. This is a fantastic follow-up to the triumph of The Silent Listener, full of compelling characters and startling plot twists.'  ASHLEY KALAGIAN BLUNT, author of Dark Mode\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'The Hollow Girl is a searing tale of injustice and revenge. Lyn Yeowart is an extraordinarily powerful writer. I loved it.' MARGARET HICKEY, author of The Creeper\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'The Hollow Girl is as compelling as it is shocking. Lyn Yeowart breathes such startling life into this remarkable story, it's impossible to put down - and will keep you guessing all the way to its unpredictable ending.' GLENNA THOMSON, author of Gone\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Yeowart delivers a gothic gut-punch of a novel - haunting, twisted, and fiercely intelligent. The Hollow Girl gives voice to a generation of women denied one. Brave, brutal, and impossible to ignore.' R.W.R. MCDONALD, author of The Nancys\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Grocer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48512192807131,"sku":"9781760895747","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/a31408bc-cfd5-4815-9ab2-f43f010e1099_356557e0-86ac-44aa-ad70-6e4f942e77aa.jpg?v=1774460200","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781760895747-the-hollow-girl","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}