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Richard and Judy Pick: The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel

‘Twisted, deep and dark. In other words, utterly gripping.’ – Richard & Judy’s review

The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel is one of the Richard and Judy Book Club Picks for autumn 2017. It’s an explosive, boundary-pushing thriller which you won’t be able to put down.

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About the book

‘Roanoke girls never last long around here. In the end, we either run or we die.’

The girls of the Roanoke family – beautiful, rich, mysterious – seem to have it all. But there’s a dark truth about them that’s never spoken.

Lane is one of the lucky ones. When she was fifteen, over one long, hot summer at her grandparents’ estate in rural Kansas, she found out what it really means to be a Roanoke girl.

Lane ran, far and fast. Until eleven years later, when her cousin Allegra goes missing – and Lane has no choice but to go back.

She is a Roanoke girl.

Is she strong enough to escape a second time?

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