A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR NPR, THE GUARDIAN, THE INDEPENDENT, THE TABLET, AND CRIMEREADS โข "An enthralling, evocative and heartfelt mystery" (Chris Whitaker) from a rising Irish talent in which former friends, estranged for twenty years, reckon with the terrifying events of the summer that changed their lives.
"The perfect read for hot summer days and dark nights."โRuth Ware
"[A] gritty heartbreaker of a thrillerโฆa spectacular read for Donna Tartt and Tana French fans."โKirkus
โA master class in building suspense.โโThe Washington Post
In the seaside town of Kinlough, on Irelandโs west coast, three old friends are thrown together for the first time in years. TheyโHelen, Joe, and Mushโwere part of an original group of six inseparable teenagers in the summer of 2003, with motherless, reckless Kala Lanann as their groupโs white-hot center. Soon after that summerโs peak, Kala disappeared without a trace.
Now itโs fifteen years later: Helen has reluctantly returned to Ireland for her fatherโs wedding; Joe is a world-famous musician, newly back in town; and Mush has never left, too scared to venture beyond the counter of his motherโs cafรฉ.
But human remains have been discovered in the woods. Two more girls have gone missing. And as past and present begin to collide, the estranged friends are forced to confront their own complicity in the events that led to Kalaโs disappearance.
Against the backdrop of a town suffocating on its own secrets, in a story that builds from a smolder to a stunning climax, Kala brilliantly examines the sometimes brutal costs of belonging, as well as the battle in the human heart between vengeance and forgiveness, despair and redemption.
A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR NPR, THE GUARDIAN, THE INDEPENDENT, THE TABLET, AND CRIMEREADS โข "An enthralling, evocative and heartfelt mystery" (Chris Whitaker) from a rising Irish talent in which former friends, estranged for twenty years, reckon with the terrifying events of the summer that changed t...