"A stunning, genre-defying novel, poetic, immersive, and as dazzling as the Mediterranean sun even as it pulls the reader through the darkest corridors of human behavior. I was totally mesmerized, from the beautiful, slow-burn opening chapters right through to the gripping, stomach-churning finale. Alex Marwood is in a class of her own." — Lisa Jewell, author of The Family Upstairs and Then She Was Gone
"One of crime fiction's brightest stars." — Megan Abbott, author of The Turnout
"A stiletto of a novel: heart stopping and devastating." — Jenny Colgan, author of An Island Wedding and The Bookshop on the Corner
"Gripping, timely and beautifully written. Marwood blends story-telling prowess with characters so real that we inhabit their predicaments quite viscerally. The result is irresistible." — Sophie Hannah, author of The Killings at Kingfisher Hill
"A ripped-from-the-headlines thriller that is both compassionate and chilling . . . I couldn't put it down." — Mark Edwards, author of The Hollows
"A blisteringly immersive summer read." — Emma Styles, author of No Country for Girls
"No author is better suited to such grim material than Alex Marwood, who has a gift for dramatizing the most irredeemably toxic characters and situations. This meticulously plotted tale tacks dexterously between past and present, and the unfolding revelations feel both shocking and inevitable . . . beautiful and terrifying." — Irish Times
"This thriller travels to some very dark places: missing girls, cruel traditions, abusive fathers. Where it shines brightest, though, is in its insightful, compassionate depiction of the relationship between Robin and Gemma." — The Observer
“An absorbing page-turner I didn’t want to put down. . . . If you’re the kind of reader who loves dark stories, where the hearts are barely beating, then you’ll love the slow burn chill in The Island of Lost Girls, whose web of a plot draws you in until you can’t imagine an escape.” — Entertainment Focus
“Pulses with mythic energy and devilishly clever storytelling.” — Irish Times, Best Books of 2022
“The idyllic Mediterranean isle of La Kastellana is fictional, but much of what transpires there is all too real in this disturbing thriller. . . . Marwood builds her ripped-from-the-headlines premise into something sprawling and admirably ambitious.” — Publishers Weekly
“In addition to the story of a mother and daughter, Marwood wrings unlikely suspense from the fate of the tourism industry: Will the island become ‘the new Capri,’ as Meade is advertising it, or will the disappearing girls scare off the professional partiers?” — Washington Post
“Intense . . . . [The] subject matter [rings] so true.” — Bookreporter.com
“Thrilling and full of dark secrets. . . . Alex Marwood knows how to keep and hold my full-attention. I highly recommend this new novel to all true crime and suspense readers.” — Urban Book Reviews
