{"product_id":"books-the-bad-ones-by-melissa-albert","title":"The Bad Ones","description":"*NEW FROM MELISSA ALBERT - INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE HAZEL WOOD*   House of Hollow meets A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, THE BAD ONES is a page-turning supernatural thriller about four mysterious disappearances in a town haunted by a sinister magical history - and one girl searching for the truth.   ‘A gripping story of friendship and the supernatural . . . Albert’s talent for YA fiction is magical and undeniable. I was sucked right into The Bad Ones from the start, and on the edge of my seat until the end.’ Independent  A GAME GONE WRONG. A MISSING FRIEND. A TOWN OF BURIED SECRETS . . .  Goddess, Goddess, count to five. In the morning, who's alive?  In a single winter's night, four people vanish without a trace across a small town . . .   Nora's best friend, Becca, is one of the lost. Determined to find her, Nora discovers a string of coded messages Becca has left. These clues point to another missing girl thirty years prior and a sinister urban legend: a goddess figure, who played an eerie role in Nora and Becca's own childhood games . . .    As Nora unravels the mystery, it's soon clear there are dark forces at work in her town - and they'll stop at nothing to keep their secrets buried deep.   ‘A masterful horror-thriller’ Laura Steven  'The kind of horror that doesn’t just make you check under your bed – it makes you check your own reflection in the mirror . . . ’ Ava Reid  ‘Addictively terrifying’ Courtney Summers, author of Sadie  Praise for Melissa Albert:   'I couldn't put it down' Karen M. McManus  'Taut, haunting, and potent as a witches brew' Krystal Sutherland  'Every line reads like an incantation' V.E. Schwab","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53669194924305,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780241662038.jpg?v=1781506762","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-the-bad-ones-by-melissa-albert","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}