
From the author of The Missing Girl, Jenny Quintana's gripping novel, Our Dark Secret, tells the story of two girls, two deaths and two decades of silence . . .
'Darkly compelling' Jane Shemilt
As a teenager in the late 1970s, Elizabeth was clever, overweight and something of a loner. When Rachel and her family moved to town, though, Elizabeth was drawn to the bright and beautiful Rachel like a moth to a flame. She would do anything for Rachel. Anything.
Then the first body was discovered.
Twenty years on, Elizabeth wants nothing more than to keep the secrets of her teenage years where they belong: in the past. But another body has been found, and she can't keep running from what happened . . .
Can she?
Jenny Quintana grew up in Essex and Berkshire, before studying English Literature in London. She has taught in London, Seville and Athens and has also written books for teaching English as a foreign language. She is a graduate of the Curtis Brown Creative writing course. She lives with her family in Berkshire. The Missing Girl is her first novel.
Emotional and gripping: Our Dark Secret confirms Jenny Quintana as the mistress of the heartbreaking thriller
Erin Kelly, author of He Said/She Said and Stone Mothers
Darkly compelling, tender characterisation - I read this in a few greedy gulps
Jane Shemilt, author of Daughter and The Playground
Bittersweet, full of growing menace, yet poignant and full of longing . . . Fans of The Missing Girl will fall in love with this!
Karen Hamilton, author of The Perfect Girlfriend
Jenny Quintana is a rare talent . . . Superb plotting, razor-sharp characterisation, and a creeping sense of dread makes Our Dark Secret a novel that you won't be able to put down
Caz Frear, author of Sweet Little Lies and Stone Cold Heart
A compulsive page-turner; a beautifully written coming-of-age story; a murder mystery peopled with characters who live and breathe . . . and a brilliant read
Fiona Cummins, author of Rattle and The Neighbour
Excellent - a dark and moving mystery, woven from the tales of truly memorable characters
Rachel Edwards, author of Darling