The Special Girls: A devastating crime thriller with a heart-wrenching twist
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'An utterly believable and chilling tale of the abuse of the vulnerable ... it has an intelligence and emotional heft that sets it above the usual crime novel' A. K. TURNER
A young psychiatrist is found beaten to death in the Essex woods close to a summer camp for young patients suffering from eating disorders. The camp is run by the charismatic Professor Sir Ned Chesham, hailed as a miracle worker, but the murder of one of his team throws a spotlight on his work and the 'special girls' under his care.
DI Grace Fisher investigates, but she is pulled from the case to head up a Metropolitan Police review into a cold case involving Chesham himself. Was that original investigation bungled - or deliberatey buried?
As Grace exposes the full extent of the lies, grooming and gaslighting that led to the young doctor's murder, she uncovers the terrible damage done to Chesham's 'special girls' - and the danger they are still in.
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'A brave and harrowing novel' SUNDAY TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH
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Isabelle Grey is a television screenwriter whose credits include Jimmy McGovern's BAFTA award-winning Accused: Tina's Story as well as over thirty-five episodes of Midsomer Murders, Casualty, Rosemary and Thyme, The Bill and Wycliffe. She has also written non-fiction and been a magazine editor and freelance journalist. Isabelle's previous novels include two psychological thrillers, The Bad Mother and Out Of Sight as well as four books in the DI Grace Fisher series, Good Girls Don't Die, Shot Through the Heart,The Special Girls and Wrong Way Home. Isabelle grew up in Manchester and now lives in south east London.
