Little Secrets: A gripping new psychological thriller you won’t be able to put down!

Little Secrets: A gripping new psychological thriller you won’t be able to put down!
Anna Snoekstra

To keep little secrets, they tell big lies…‘I am not sick. I just like the little dolls…I think I’ll break one soon.’It’s every parent’s worst nightmare. A tiny porcelain doll appearing on your doorstep. Bright blonde hair, rosy cheeks, even a little blue dress. A perfect replica of your six-year-old daughter.Then anonymous letters from ‘The Doll Collector’ begin to arrive. And in the small town where everyone has their own little secrets, no one is safe from suspicion.Because you can never really trust the people who live just along the street…Big Little Lies meets The Couple Next Door in this fast-paced psychological thriller.

What happens when ambition trumps the truth?

A town reeling in the wake of tragedy

An arsonist is on the loose in Colmstock, Australia, most recently burning down the town’s courthouse and killing a young boy who was trapped inside..

An aspiring journalist desperate for a story

The clock is ticking for Rose Blakey. With nothing but rejections from newspapers piling up, her job pulling beers for cops at the local tavern isn’t nearly enough to cover rent. Rose needs a story—a big one.

Little dolls full of secrets

In the weeks after the courthouse fire, precise porcelain replicas of Colmstock’s daughters begin turning up on doorsteps, terrifying parents and testing the limits of the town’s already fractured police force.

Rose may have finally found her story. But as her articles gain traction and the boundaries of her investigation blur, Colmstock is seized by a seething paranoia. Soon, no one is safe from suspicion. And when Rose’s attention turns to the mysterious stranger living in the rooms behind the tavern, neighbor turns on neighbor and the darkest side of self-preservation is revealed.

Praise for Anna Snoekstra

‘An impressive, high-concept debut crime thriller’

The Daily Mail

‘Brilliant’

Mary Kubica

‘Twisty, slippery, and full of surprises’

Lisa Unger

‘Readers who enjoy a creepy thriller that will keep them guessing will be unable to put this down’

Booklist

‘Smart, subtle red herrings and plenty of dark and violent secrets’

Library Journal

For my sister.

Contents

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Prologue (#ua920e4a0-7436-54e7-9d97-f6ddd7eca474)

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