{"product_id":"the-truants","title":"The Truants","description":"One of the New York Times Book Review's Top Ten Best Crime Novels of 2020\nOne of USA Today's Best Books 2020\n\n\"[A] hypnotic debut. . . .[An] uncommonly clever whodunit.\"--New York Times Book Review\n\nPerfect for lovers of Agatha Christie and The Secret History, The Truants is a seductive, unsettling, and beautifully written debut novel of literary suspense--a thrilling exploration of deceit, first love, and the depths to which obsession can drive us.\n\nPeople disappear when they most want to be seen.\n\nJess Walker has come to a concrete campus under the flat gray skies of East Anglia for one reason: to be taught by the mesmerizing and rebellious Dr. Lorna Clay, whose seminars soon transform Jess's thinking on life, love, and Agatha Christie. Swept up in Lorna's thrall, Jess falls in with a tightly knit group of rule-breakers--Alec, a courageous South African journalist with a nihilistic streak; Georgie, a seductive, pill-popping aristocrat; and Nick, a handsome geologist with layers of his own.\n\nBut the dynamic between the friends begins to darken, until a tragedy shatters their friendships and love affairs, and reveals a terrible secret. Soon Jess must face the question she fears most: what is the true cost of an extraordinary life?\n\nAn Entertainment Weekly Best Book of January\nA USA Today Must-Read Book of Winter\nAn Observer Book of the Year (UK)\nA Marie Claire Top 5 Christmas Read (UK)\nA Times Best New Crime Novel (UK)\nA Guardian Top 10 Golden Age Detective Novel\nAn Irish Times Best Debut of 2019\nAn Apple Books Pick for January\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0525541969\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: RDV.0525541969.LN\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Like New\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Weinberg, Kate\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This book is in like new condition. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reliant Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47452499050673,"sku":"RDV.0525541969.LN","price":6.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0544\/8872\/7729\/files\/0525541969-0.jpg?v=1781547960","url":"https:\/\/www.reliantbookstore.com\/products\/the-truants","provider":"Reliant Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}