**A Jennette McCurdy book club pick** **Cosmopolitan, The 20 best books to look forward to in 2024**
****An Independent Book of the Month**
'I loved it: the fast pace, the wry protagonist, and how Brody painfully examines the measures we take to find closure' Jennette McCurdy** 'A twisty, pacy crime thriller' independent.co.uk, Books of the month 'A compelling study of grief, betrayal and our complicated relationship with other people's tragedies' Guardian, Best crime and thrillers round-up 'A brilliant, dark debut about grief and the way in which the internet can magnify mania' Mail on Sunday
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A deliciously dark and twisted debut about family secrets, true crime, and destructive obsession by a striking new talent**
Teddy Angstrom is no stranger to morbid public interest in her family's tragedies. And when her father dies suddenly, ten years to the day after her sister Angie's disappearance, she intends to maintain as much privacy as she always has.
Clearing out her father's office, however, Teddy discovers her father's double life: a decade-long investigation into wild conspiracies from a Reddit community of true crime fans fixated on Angie. Repelled and compelled in equal measure by this new online dimension, Teddy finds herself falling down that same rabbit hole.
So when nineteen-year-old Mickey, a charming amateur internet sleuth, materialises in real life, Teddy determines that the two of them are going to team up to find out what really happened to Angie and whether there's any chance she might still be alive.
But as she struggles to reconcile new information with old memories, Teddy doesn't notice that her obsession is making her increasingly self-destructive. And she's in way over her head before she's realises that Mickey, too, is not all she seems
'A sensitive, psychological investigation into the impact of unresolved grief' Marie Claire, Best books of 2024 to curl up with 'A tale of grief, family secrets and addition, Brody 's debut has all the trappings of a true crime podcast' Observer 'A thrilling mystery' Cosmopolitan, 20 best books to look forward to in 2024 'A smart, chilling page-turner' People 'For anyone who's ever indulged in a late-night Reddit binge or has found themselves in the amateur sleuthing vortex of true crime junkies' Nylon