The flower girls / Alice Clark-Platts.
By: Clark-Platts, Alice.
Publisher: Leicester : Thorpe, Isis, 2020Edition: Large print edition.Description: 372 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781785418754; 1785418750.Subject(s): Juvenile delinquents -- Fiction | Female offenders -- Fiction | Missing children -- FictionGenre/Form: Detective and mystery fiction. | Large type books.Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: In 1997, ten-year-old Laurel and her sister, six-year-old Primrose, abducted, tortured and killed two-year-old Kirstie Swann. Dubbed by a frenzied media as the Flower Girls, Laurel was convicted and imprisoned, while Rosie was given a new identity as Hazel. Now, nineteen years later, another young girl goes missing, this time at the hotel where Hazel is staying. The past is about to haunt the present as a frantic search takes place, and Hazel's life begins to spiral out of control. In the meantime, an embittered Laurel claims Kirstie's death was an accident, and is appealing the decision of the parole board not to release her. As the story moves back and forth in time, a picture of the past emerges - of what happened to Kirstie, and Laurel's trial - before events reach a shocking conclusion.| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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| Adult book | St Helens Library Large Print | Available | 38055013140017 |
In 1997, ten-year-old Laurel and her sister, six-year-old Primrose, abducted, tortured and killed two-year-old Kirstie Swann. Dubbed by a frenzied media as the Flower Girls, Laurel was convicted and imprisoned, while Rosie was given a new identity as Hazel. Now, nineteen years later, another young girl goes missing, this time at the hotel where Hazel is staying. The past is about to haunt the present as a frantic search takes place, and Hazel's life begins to spiral out of control. In the meantime, an embittered Laurel claims Kirstie's death was an accident, and is appealing the decision of the parole board not to release her. As the story moves back and forth in time, a picture of the past emerges - of what happened to Kirstie, and Laurel's trial - before events reach a shocking conclusion.
Adult.