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Deadly Animals

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Deadly Animals

By: Marie Tierney
Narrated by: Olivia Dowd
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Finding a dead body is not normal. But Ava is not a normal teenager. In this chillingly beautiful mystery, only the obsessive spirit of youth can save a desperate town from the savagery within.

Ava Bonney is a compassionate and studious fourteen-year-old girl with a dark secret: she has an obsessive interest in the macabre. She is fascinated by the rate at which dead animals decompose. The highway she lives by regularly offers up gifts of roadkill, and in the dead of night Ava loves nothing more than to pull her latest discovery into her roadside den and record her findings.

One night, she stumbles across the body of her classmate and, fearing that her secret ritual could be revealed, she makes an anonymous call to the police. But when Detective Seth Delahaye is given the case, Ava wonโ€™t step backโ€”not while teenagers continue to go missing.

Racing alongside the police or against them, Ava is determined to figure out who is hunting her classmates before she becomes the next prey. How hard can it be to track a killer?

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ยฉ2024 Marie Tierney (P)2024 Macmillan Audio Amateur Sleuths Crime Thrillers Horror Mystery Thriller & Suspense

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Winner of the 2024 McDermid Debut Award for crime fiction

Named one of the most anticipated books of fall 2024 by Paste and CrimeReads

"Exceptional in every way, Deadly Animals is a shockingly beautiful, rare and heartbreaking gem. A story both harrowing and exquisitely told. I really canโ€™t recommend it highly enough."โ€“Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of We Begin at the End

"Deadly Animals is a remarkable debut. It is funny, creepy, gory, and moving. Ava is a wonderful creation, precocious and ferociously intelligent yet vulnerable to kindness and a winning smile. As she gets closer to identifying the murderer, and the plot explodes into full-blown gothic horror, it's impossible not to root for this big-hearted child."โ€“The Times, Best New Crime Fiction

"Ava earns readersโ€™ investment in this macabre proceduralโ€”sheโ€™s a clever, compassionate, and resourceful protagonist with series-carrying potential. Mo Hayder fans will find much to admire."โ€“Publishers Weekly
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๐˜ˆ๐˜ท๐˜ข- ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ, ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ.

๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐–๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฐ๐จ๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐‹๐จ๐ง๐๐จ๐ง ๐ฏ๐ข๐›๐ž๐ฌ.

๐ˆ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ. This author put together a crisp, raspy story that kept me eager for more after every chapter. I figured out the protagonist early on- but that didnโ€™t spoil the story for me.

๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ˆโ€™๐ฏ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐- there was so much poured into this, so much supporting information that was nailed on the head. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜บ

โ€œ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถโ€™๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ.โ€

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Great heroine. So different from other murder mysteries. Loved it. Hope there is another on the way

Different and fabulous

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This was entertaining and exciting in its own little way. I knew who the killer was right away but I still love the story and it characters. Pacing was well done.

I love dogs and crime stories!

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