Scrap Blackly humorous & enjoyably twisted Paula Hawkins

Blackly humorous and enjoyably twistedPaula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the TrainA knotted mystery too intriguing to leave unpickedAlice Slater, author of Death of a BooksellerBingeworthy . . . a brilliantly immersive and almost cinematic experienceJenny Mustard, author of Okay DaysRecently dumped and stuck with the mortgage, artist Esther Ray wants to burn the world, but instead, she reluctantly accepts a scrapbooking job from the deliriously wealthy Naomi Duncan. The scrapbooks, a secret birthday gift for Naomis husband Bryce, trace the Duncans twentyfiveyear marriage. The conditions Esther must include every piece of paper shes been sent, must sign an NDA, and must only contact Naomi using the burner phone provided. Otherwise shell spoil the surprise. As Esther binges truecrime podcasts and works through the neartwo hundredboxes of Duncan detritus, she finds herself infatuated with the gilded family until, midproject, Naomi dies suspiciously. When Esther becomes convinced the husband killed her, she uses the scrapbooks trove of information to insert herself into the Duncans lives to prove it. But the more Esther investigates, the further she is dragged back to the scorched earth of her past and the famous artist who paid her to disappear. Laced with pitchblack humour and conspiratorial unease, Scrap is a razorsharp examination of wealth and power, art and truth, of the line between justice and revenge and who gets to cross it. See what readers are saying about ScrapNo... | Calla Henkel Scrap : 'Blackly humorous & enjoyably twisted' - Paula Hawkins