{"product_id":"the-poison-garden-isbn-9780143110521","title":"The Poison Garden","description":"\u003cb\u003eA new novel of insidious secrets and chilling revelations surrounding a mysterious cult--the latest gripping psychological thriller from Alex Marwood\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen nearly one hundred members of The Ark, a sinister apocalypse cult are found dead by poison at their isolated community in North Wales, those left alive are scattered to the winds with few coping skills and fewer answers. For twenty-three-year-old Romy, who has never known life outside the compound, learning how to live in a world she has been taught to fear is terrifying.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow Romy must start a new life for herself--and the child growing inside her. She is determined to find the rest of her family and keep her baby safe, no matter the cost. But as the horrors of her past start to resurface, she realizes that leaving her old life behind won't be easy. Outside the walls of The Ark, the real evil has only just begun.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA brilliantly plotted, page-turning novel from \"one of psychological suspense's best writers\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eThe Poison Garden\u003c\/i\u003e will leave you stunned.\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Poison Garden:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"An extraordinary novel of psychological suspense that is more wicked than Marwood’s Edgar-winning \u003ci\u003eWicked Girls\u003c\/i\u003e and darker than her Macavity-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Killer Next Door.\" \u003cb\u003e-Booklist,*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003estarred review*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Intelligently assimilated research, a slow build with a growing sense of unease and a chillingly believable plotline add up to the best sort of dark psychological thriller.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"An Edgar winner for her \u003ci\u003eThe Wicked Girls\u003c\/i\u003e, Marwood again shows a mastery at creating new worlds.\"\u003cb\u003e—Oline H. Cogdill, \u003ci\u003eAssociated Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Marwood’s novels offer superbly executed masterclasses in compelling and stupendously creepy mysteries.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrimeReads\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I devoured \u003ci\u003eThe Poison Garden . . .\u003c\/i\u003e Gripping and utterly convincing, it's Alex Marwood at the top of her (already impressive) game\"—\u003cb\u003eJojo Moyes, #1 New York Times bestelling author of \u003ci\u003eMe Before You \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"God, Alex Marwood is good. Like all her books, \u003ci\u003eThe Poison Garden\u003c\/i\u003e is absolutely, beautifully realized, full of wry, defiant humor and pitch-black, hand-over-your-mouth suspense. I’d read her grocery lists.\"—\u003cb\u003eFlynn Berry, author of \u003ci\u003eUnder the Harrrow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Highly imaginative, yet consistently believable, this wonderful dystopian novel is both terrifying and unsettling as if a harbinger for our times. A well written and thrilling read.”  -\u003cb\u003eLisa Ballantyne, internationally bestelling author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Guilty One\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"A gripping, unexpected novel with graphic elements that are not for the faint of heart.”—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Cults have long captured the popular imagination. We’re repelled yet fascinated, disturbed yet wildly curious. Alex Marwood’s fourth thriller, \u003ci\u003eThe Poison Garden\u003c\/i\u003e, will slake readers’ thirst for stories about what goes on in such communities and what happens when everything falls apart.\" -\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Wicked Girls\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The suspense keeps the pages flying, but what sets this one apart is the palpable sense of onrushing doom.\" -\u003cb\u003eStephen King\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Harrowing.\" -\u003cb\u003eMarilyn Stasio, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Killer Next Door\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"If you read Alex Marwood's \u003ci\u003eThe Wicked Girls\u003c\/i\u003e, her new one--\u003ci\u003eThe Killer Next Door\u003c\/i\u003e--is even better. Scary as hell. Great characters.\" -\u003cb\u003eStephen King\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With her sophomore outing, Marwood has turned out not just a spooky, blood-and-guts thriller, but a cannily observant novel that explores social fissures while delivering a modicum of hope.\" -\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMore praise for \u003ci\u003eThe Darkest Secret\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This third novel from one of psychological suspense's best writers confirms Marwood's first hat trick.\" -\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e (Best Books of 2016)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Brilliant.\" -\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Marwood] demonstrates, without a doubt, that she is one of crime fiction's brightest stars.\"-\u003cb\u003eMegan Abbott\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlex Marwood\u003c\/b\u003e is the pseudonym of a journalist who has worked extensively across the British press. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Wicked Girls\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original, and was nominated for the Macavity Award for Best Mystery Novel and the Anthony and ITW Awards for Best Paperback Original. \u003ci\u003eThe Killer Next Door\u003c\/i\u003e, her second novel, won a Macavity Award for Best Mystery Novel, was nominated for the Anthony and Barry, and has been optioned for film by James Franco and Ahna O’Reilly. Her third novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Darkest Secret\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2016. Marwood lives in south London.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304271433957,"sku":"NP9780143110521","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143110521.jpg?v=1767740994","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-poison-garden-isbn-9780143110521","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}