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Blackbird

By: N. D. Gomes
Narrated by: Angela Ness, Ruth Urquhart
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Publisher's Summary

Dark contemporary YA murder mystery that fans of 13 Reasons Why will devour.

Olivia disappeared the night the blackbirds died.

It was New Year’s Eve the night that dead blackbirds descended, hours before 14-year-old Alex McCarthy's sister Olivia went missing from a party.

Committed to finding out what happened to her sister within the previously safe walls of their subarctic Orkney village, Alex knows that dishevelled, sometimes intoxicated Detective Inspector Birkens is her best shot. Yet as they uncover the secrets behind Olivia's last night, Alex starts to find things she may be better off never knowing….

©2017 N. D. Gomes (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers

Critic Reviews

"At its searing best the novel demonstrates how the perpetrator of a despicable act can still be loved, forgiven and very missed." (Financial Times)
"A very important book...a powerful book that will stay with you." (Culturefly)
"An exceptional novel on a controversial and relevant subject today.' (The Bookbag)
'An incredibly moving, heartfelt and thought-provoking novel." (Black Plume)
"A gripping, eye-opening YA novel that I wish I could put in everyone's hands." (Pretty Little Memoirs)

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