TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER For fans of Laura Lippman and Gillian Flynn comes an electrifying vel of stunning psychological suspense. My book of the year so far . . . breathtakingly, heart-stoppingly brilliant. Sophie Hannah, New York Times bestselling author of The Mogram MurdersI am the star of screaming headlines and campfire ghost stories. I am one of the four Black-Eyed Susans.The lucky one.As a sixteen-year-old, Tessa Cartwright was found in a Texas field, barely alive amid a scattering of bones, with only fragments of memory as to how she got there. Ever since, the press has pursued her as the lone surviving Black-Eyed Susan, the nickname given to the murder victims because of the yellow carpet of wildflowers that flourished above their shared grave. Tessa s testimony about those tragic hours put a man on death row. Now, almost two decades later, Tessa is an artist and single mother. In the desolate cold of February, she is shocked to discover a freshly planted patch of black-eyed susans a summertime bloom just outside her bedroom window. Terrified at the implications that she sent the wrong man to prison and the real killer remains at large Tessa turns to the lawyers working to exonerate the man awaiting execution. But the flowers alone are t proof eugh, and the forensic investigation of the still-unidentified bones is progressing too slowly. An incent life hangs in the balance. The legal team appeals to Tessa to undergo hypsis to retrieve lost memories and to share the drawings she produced as part of an experimental therapy shortly after her rescue. What they don t kw is that Tessa and the scared, fragile girl she was have built a fortress of secrets. As the clock ticks toward the execution, Tessa fears for her sanity, but even more for the safety of her teenaged daughter. Is a serial killer still roaming free, taunting Tessa with a trail of clues? She has choice but to confront old ghosts and lingering nightmares to finally discover what really happened that night. Shocking, intense, and utterly original, Black-Eyed Susans is a dazzling psychological thriller, seamlessly weaving past and present in a searing tale of a young woman whose harrowing memories remain in a field of flowers as a killer makes a chilling return to his garden. Praise for Black-Eyed SusansA masterful thriller that shouldn t be missed . . . brilliantly conceived, beautifully executed . . . [Julia] Heaberlin s work calls to mind that of Gillian Flynn. Both writers published impressive early vels that were largely overlooked, and then one that couldn t be: Flynn s Gone Girl and w Heaberlin s Black-Eyed Susans. Don t miss it. The Washington Post [A] gem of a vel . . . richly textured, beautifully written . . . Tension builds, and the plot twists feel earned as well as genuinely surprising. TheBoston GlobeA tense, slow-burning, beautifully written vel of survival and hope. Highly recommended. William Landay, New York Times bestselling author of Defending JacobDeliciously twisty and eerie, Heaberlin s third psychological suspense vel is intricately layered and instantly compelling. Library Journal (starred review) Brilliant . . . a breakout book. Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Ballantine Books
ISBN-10
0804177996
ISBN-13
9780804177993
eBay Product ID (ePID)
214436495
Product Key Features
Format
Sewn,Cloth over Boards, Hardback
Language
English
Topic
Crime, Thriller & Adventure
Author
Julia Heaberlin
Additional Product Features
Date of Publication
11/08/2015
Country of Publication
United States
Author Biography
Julia Heaberlin is the author of Black-Eyed Susans, Lie Still, and Playing Dead. She is an award-winning journalist who has worked at the Fort-Worth Star Telegram, The Detroit News, and The Dallas Morning News. She grew up in Texas and lives with her family near Dallas/Fort Worth, where she is at work on her next novel of psychological suspense.