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A gripping tale about the power and corrosiveness within families weighed down by the past…storytelling at its finest.
— The Associated Press
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With more twists than a bag of pretzels, this compelling family saga may make you question what you think you know about your own relatives.
— Cosmopolitan
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"A page-turning thriller that will allow you to escape into another world…filled with family secrets and a legacy of death and disappearance for the infamous “Roanoke Girls
— a privileged Kansas matriarchy with more than its fair share of tragic drama.
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“[This] engrossing novel by Engel, a former criminal defense attorney, offers everything a reader could hope for — multidimensional characters, a page-turning plot and surprises that continue to unfurl throughout the story…Highly recommended!
— Minneapolis Star Tribune
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“The Roanoke Girls, the new suspense novel by Amy Engel, is one of those captivating stories which make you ask for more from this talented author…an exciting read from a talented new voice in adult suspense.
— Mystery Tribune
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Engel drops a wicked twist in the first 35 pages—in the middle of a paragraph on the middle of the page—and lets it sit like a coiled snake...from that point on, The Roanoke Girls becomes a thrilling mystery and a satisfyingly gothic portrait of Middle America...a dark fable of trauma and acceptance about damaged people accepting their crooked parts and using them to move forward.
— Bookpage
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“Engel hits a homerun with this “gothic suspense novel” that tells the story of the Roanoke family, a prominent and very private Kansas family…a rollercoaster ride through a dark family history and the one devastating family secret.
— Pulse Magazine
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Gripping…[a] gothic page-turner…with revelations readers won’t soon forget.
— Publishers Weekly
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In her first foray into adult fiction, [Engel] creates a memorable cast of characters and a twisting, tangled plot that attracts readers from the first page…[an] atmospheric and unsettling tale of the secrets and bonds of family, set against the backdrop of small-town Kansas.
— Library Journal
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A provocative thriller.
— Telegraph UK
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"A debt to Daphne du Maurier is evident throughout this remarkably assured adult debut...you are also reminded of the theatrical domestic sagas of Tennessee Williams.
— Sunday Times
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An emotionally captivating story.
— Booklist
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I was immediately drawn into The Roanoke Girls, a haunting and riveting look at one family's tangled legacy. You won't stop reading until you've unraveled the darkest of Roanoke's shocking secrets.
— Laura McHugh, award-winning author of The Weight of Blood
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This is a poised and haunting novel, whose enchanting prose belies its dark and intense subject matter. An evocative modern take on Southern Gothic, with a compelling twist which will remain with you long after the book’s last sentence.
— L.S. Hilton, New York Times bestselling author of Maestra
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An emotionally compelling page turner, The Roanoke Girls takes you inside the dark world of a twisted family and one woman's fight to break free from the chains of her own history. This is family intrigue at its very best!
— Wendy Walker, author of All Is Not Forgotten