{"product_id":"a-laura-mori-mysteryisbn-9781629537734","title":"A Laura Mori Mystery","description":"Rookie cop Laura Mori catches her first investigation when the fiery crash of a sports car lights up the night sky. The fire burns the body beyond recognition, but the police are able to identify the car as that of Kent Jameson, celebrity author and benefactor of Sunrise Lake. And Jameson fears that the unidentified body is his seventeen-year-old daughter Lucy, who stormed out of the house that night after an argument.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen lab reports reveal that the body was not Lucy, but a teen runaway named Kyra whose disappearance has been linked with other missing persons—more than half a dozen “lost girls” who disappeared while living on the streets of Portland—the investigation takes a drastic turn. How did Kyra come to land at the Jameson estate in rural Oregon, and what was she doing driving their car? And who cut the brake lines on the vehicle?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJust when Laura is making progress in the case, she comes across a suspicious lane in the forest that uncovers new evidence that will once again alter the course of the investigation and rock Sunrise Lake to its core. R. J. Noonan's electrifying mystery will resonate with fans of Lisa Gardner and Lisa Jackson.\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eLittle Darlings\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Golding’s novel will strike true fear into the heart of any parent. At the same time, the novel \u003cb\u003eexplores the fierce and desperate love we have for our children, written with beautiful intensity...A gorgeous, creepy, modern fairy tale\u003c\/b\u003e reminiscent of Angela Carter.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eA modern story of ghosts and fairy tales...\u003c\/b\u003eGolding beautifully blends the supernatural with the everyday, keeping readers riveted to the page as they question what is true.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eSinister and sickeningly real\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLittle Darlings\u003c\/i\u003e is fairy tale-inflected horror...that touch[es] on our deepest, most instinctive fears and fairy tales.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eHaunting . . .\u003c\/b\u003e Fans of psychological thrillers will look forward to Golding’s next novel.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It’ll make you question whether mother really does know best or if motherhood is truly the dream it’s made out to be.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eFangoria Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Chilling story, beautiful prose. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLittle Darlings\u003c\/i\u003e is stunning.\u003c\/b\u003e”\u003cbr\u003e—Clare Mackintosh, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eI Let You Go\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ingenious, chilling, and completely absorbing, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLittle Darlings\u003c\/i\u003e is destined to be the hit of 2019. The scariest book I have read in many years.\u003c\/b\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e—A. J. Banner, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Good Neighbor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Deep. Dark. \u003cb\u003eUtterly addictive. I read this extraordinary book in one breathless gulp\u003c\/b\u003e...Be warned—you can’t unread this story. \u003cb\u003eIt will haunt you.\u003c\/b\u003e”\u003cbr\u003e—Teresa Driscoll, author of \u003ci\u003eI Am Watching You\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I love this book! Compelling from the first page to the very last, Golding took me by the hand and pulled me softly but persistently through mystery and myth...\u003cb\u003eA masterfully-told story and a beautiful and nuanced work of art.\u003c\/b\u003e”\u003cbr\u003e—Susan Crawford, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Pocket Wife\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Dark, compelling and \u003cb\u003eterrifyingly relatable\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLittle Darlings\u003c\/i\u003e takes every parent’s worst fear and deftly twists it into something even more horrific. \u003cb\u003eIt will have you checking every shadow for what you hope isn’t really there.\u003c\/b\u003e”\u003cbr\u003e—Megan Hart, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eLittle Darlings\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ethe perfect marriage of taut psychological thriller and nail-biting horror.\u003c\/b\u003e A changeling-inspired page-turner of note with a highly satisfying ending, it’ll stay with you long after you’ve read it. \u003cb\u003eI loved it and can’t wait to see what Melanie Golding does next.\u003c\/b\u003e”\u003cbr\u003e—Sarah Lotz, author of \u003ci\u003eThe White Road\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eA twisty, chilling exploration of the dark side of motherhood\u003c\/b\u003e, brilliantly told by a debut author whose skill is evident from the first page. Any parent—any human, for that matter—will have a hard time putting this book down once they start.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Brad Parks, international bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Act\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A story that is in turn \u003cb\u003eenthralling, creepy and downright sinister\u003c\/b\u003e, Melanie Golding turns fairy tales on their heads in \u003ci\u003eLittle Darlings\u003c\/i\u003e, making this \u003cb\u003eone to watch out for in 2019\u003c\/b\u003e. A brilliant, heart-pounding read.”\u003cbr\u003e—Lisa Hall, author of \u003ci\u003eBetween You and Me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Rich and satisfying, this is \u003cb\u003epart who-done-it, part fairy tale, part psychological thriller...Will continue to rattle you\u003c\/b\u003e, long after you have put it down.”\u003cbr\u003e—Felicity Everett, author of \u003ci\u003eThe People at Number 9\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cb\u003eRiveting, terrifying and at times heartbreaking\u003c\/b\u003e...Melanie Golding’s disturbing portrait of a new mother’s paranoia is superbly written, cleverly plotted and gruesomely beautiful in an unforgettable way. \u003cb\u003eA stunning debut.\u003c\/b\u003e”\u003cbr\u003e—Annie Ward, author of \u003ci\u003eBeautiful Bad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLittle Darlings\u003c\/i\u003e is brilliant\u003c\/b\u003e—beautifully written, disturbing and deliciously creepy.”\u003cbr\u003e—Roz Watkins, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Devil’s Dice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Dark, richly evocative, tense, and thought-provoking. \u003cb\u003eTaps into every woman’s fear that she will not be believed.\u003c\/b\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e—Mel McGrath, author of \u003ci\u003eGive Me the Child\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Viscerally creepy and compelling—\u003cb\u003ea contemporary dark fairy tale\u003c\/b\u003e that reeled me in like tales of old.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Angela Clarke, author of \u003ci\u003eFollow Me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eLittle Darlings\u003c\/i\u003e gives a thrill so deep it dips at times into pleasure, at Golding’s sheer creativity, at her ability to take our most natural and primal life experience and weave into it our most ancient myths, transforming it into high horror. She keeps the reader spellbound until the very end...\u003cb\u003eThe psychological intensity of this novel is on par with the best.\u003c\/b\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e—Katherine Forbes Riley, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bobcat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A psychological thriller with a suggestion of the supernatural...Golding provides enough reasonable doubt about Lauren’s view of events to keep readers guessing.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Library Journal\u003cb\u003eRosalind Noonan\u003c\/b\u003e is a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author and a graduate of Wagner College. She lives in the Pacific Northwest, where she writes in the shade of some towering two-hundred-year-old Douglas fir trees. This is her first mystery under the name R. J. 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