{"product_id":"vicious-creatures-hardcover","title":"Vicious Creatures - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAshton Noone\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Bound to be one of the best debuts of the year.\"--CrimeReads, Most Anticipated Crime Books \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this haunting psychological thriller, a mother and daughter face a deadly secret lurking in the wilds of the Pacific Northwest\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAva Montgomery never wanted to return home. She fled Reachwood fourteen years ago after the discovery of Adam Albright's body in the forest shattered her young life. But when a violent divorce sends her running back to her parents' house with her troubled daughter Marjorie in tow, Ava discovers that not much has changed in the small Oregon town where she grew up. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt doesn't take long for Ava to fall back in with her old crowd, most of whom stayed in town after high school. Each one of her childhood friends found fame and fortune after they graduated, including Victoria Gallagher--Ava's high school best friend and ex-lover, now unhappily married to a wealthy husband from one of the founding families of Reachwood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeanwhile, Ava's daughter becomes intrigued by the forest, fascinated by an urban legend about its secret power--and her curious questions bring Ava's long-repressed memories of the traumatic events surrounding Adam's death back to the fore. And then, when the body of a missing child is found in those same woods, that dark past begins to repeat itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter a knife is left on Ava's doorstep and a threatening message appears on her front door, she wonders if her friends have something to do with the newest crime. They never told anyone how much they really know about what happened to Adam on the night he died; does one of them want to drive her out of Reachwood to keep that secret? As Marjorie becomes obsessed with the infamous murder, and old friendships and feuds reignite, Ava is drawn back into the forest to confront her own role in its violent history--before her daughter becomes its next prey.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAshton Noone\u003c\/b\u003e's short fiction has been longlisted for the 2019 CBC Short Story Prize, has been a finalist in the In Places Between: The Robyn Herrington Memorial Short Story contest and has been published in Across the Margin, Bosie Magazine, and Poydras Review. Vicious Creatures is her first novel. She lives in Calgary, AB.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.29 x 9.25 x 6.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 02, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48422225150201,"sku":"9781613163382","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/4wPhSn1IEt9781613163382.webp?v=1779263588","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/vicious-creatures-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}