The Truants

✍ Scribed by Kate Weinberg

• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group;G.P. Putnam & Sons
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: en-US
• Weight: 198 KB
• Edition: US
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

Perfect for lovers of Agatha Christie and The Secret History , The Truants is a seductive, unsettling, and beautifully written debut novel of literary suspense--a thrilling exploration of deceit, first love, and the depths to which obsession can drive us.
"Deftly plotted and with vivid, compelling characters." --Jojo Moyes
"A fresh, smart, exciting voice." --Elin Hilderbrand
"One of the best thriller debuts in recent years." --Kirkus Reviews
People disappear when they most want to be seen.
Jess Walker has come to a concrete campus under the flat gray skies of East Anglia for one reason: to be taught by the mesmerizing and rebellious Dr. Lorna Clay, whose seminars soon transform Jess's thinking on life, love, and Agatha Christie. Swept up in Lorna's thrall, Jess falls in with a tightly knit group of rule-breakers--Alec, a courageous South African journalist with a nihilistic streak; Georgie, a seductive,...