{"product_id":"9780857527417","title":"Our Last Wild Days","description":"Author: Bailey, Anna\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780857527417\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 23 Apr 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 320\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll the Colours of the Dark \u003c\/i\u003emeets \u003ci\u003eWhere the Crawdads Sing\u003c\/i\u003e in this beautiful, propulsive thriller from the author of \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eTall Bones\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor fans of \u003ci\u003eAll the Colours of the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhere the Crawdads Sing\u003c\/i\u003e, a beautiful atmospheric thriller from the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eTall Bones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE TIMES BOOK OF THE MONTH\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Propulsive, bold and brutal...\u003cb\u003eA truly atmospheric thriller\u003c\/b\u003e.' Chris Whitaker, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAll the Colours of the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'B\u003cb\u003eewitching...\u003c\/b\u003e thought provoking, character driven crime fiction.' Paula Hawkins, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Girl on the Train\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Sublime. \u003cb\u003eThe best thing I've read in ages.\u003c\/b\u003e' Will Dean, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Chamber\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_______\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Labasques aren't like other families.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiving in a shack out in the swamps, they scrape a living hunting down alligators just to get by. To the good people of Jacknife, Louisiana, they are trouble-makers, outcasts, the kind of people you wouldn't want living on your doorstep.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo when Cutter Labasque is found face down in the muddy swamp, no one seems to care, not even her two rough-cut brothers. The only person who questions the official verdict of suicide is Cutter's childhood friend, Loyal May, who has just returned home to care for her ageing mother.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLoyal left town at the age of 18, having betrayed everything she valued most. Now, there may be no way for her to find forgiveness, but there may be restitution, if she can find out what really did happen to Cutter...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet against the haunting beauty of Southern Louisiana, \u003ci\u003eOur Last Wild Days \u003c\/i\u003eis a compulsive, evocative novel about a tight-knit community and the secrets they want to keep hidden.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR OUR LAST WILD DAYS-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'What lifts Anna Bailey's \u003cb\u003emarvellous \u003c\/b\u003esecond novel is the\u003cb\u003e hothouse lyricism \u003c\/b\u003eof their writing, which is as lush as the setting' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Month\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A brooding, evocative novel'\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ei paper best new crime and thriller books\u003c\/p\u003e'A remarkable job of conjuring up the haunted swamplands of southern Louisiana'\u003ci\u003e Daily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A masterpiece...\u003cb\u003eyou will be hooked\u003c\/b\u003e!' 5-star reader review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A\u003cb\u003e sweltering fever dream of a nov\u003c\/b\u003eel - brimming with atmosphere, tension.' Colin Walsh, bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e Kala\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eIf you like Chris Whitaker\u003c\/b\u003e this is for you' 5-star reader review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The heat and humidity \u003cb\u003esink into your bones\u003c\/b\u003e' 5-star reader review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'With a setting as atmospheric as Where the Crawdads Sing...\u003cb\u003ea stunningly written thriller\u003c\/b\u003e' Nikki Smith, author of\u003ci\u003e Look What You Made Me Do\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A brooding atmosphere with loads of\u003cb\u003e twists \u003c\/b\u003ealong the way that \u003cb\u003ewill keep you guessing\u003c\/b\u003e' 5-star reader review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'E\u003cb\u003exquisite\u003c\/b\u003e. A\u003cb\u003e rare, extraordinary\u003c\/b\u003e talent' C.J.Cooke, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lighthouse Witches\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eEvery page is enthralling\u003c\/b\u003e and to be read with your breath held against what's coming next.' 5-star reader review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Likely to be \u003cb\u003eone of my books of the year' \u003c\/b\u003e5-star reader review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Filled with lines worth tattooing and passages worth framing.' Megan Collins, author of\u003ci\u003e Cross my Heart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eAnna Bailey is the master of things that move in the dark, with language so lush you feel like you could reach out and touch it' \u003c\/b\u003eHayley Scrivenor, bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e Dirt Town \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Raw and unflinching\u003c\/b\u003e...\u003cb\u003ea stunner\u003c\/b\u003e.' 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