The Blackbird Season - Softcover

Kate Moretti

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1785656317 ISBN 13: 9781785656316

Publisher: Titan Books, 2017

Synopsis

In a quiet town, a thousand dead starlings fall onto a school playing field. As journalists flock to the scene, one of them catches a teacher, Nate Winters, embracing a female student. The student claims that she and Nate are having an affair, sending shockwaves through the close-knit community. Then the student disappears, and the police have only one suspect: Nate.

Nate's wife, Alecia, is left wondering if she ever really knew her seemingly loving husband. Nate's co-worker, Bridget, is determined to prove his innocence and find the missing student. But both women will have to ask themselves do they really know what Nate is capable of?

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Review:

A woman s perilous past and her affluent present converge in Kate Moretti s latest jaw-dropping thriller. Replete with unsavory characters, buried secrets, and a bounty of unexpected twists and turns, The Vanishing Year is a stunner. A perfectly compulsive read that's impossible to put down. --Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling author of Don't You Cry"

The Vanishing Year is a chilling, powerful tale of nerve-shattering suspense. Kate Moretti pieces together a stunning, up-all-night thriller with a throat-gripping twist that will leave the reader reeling. --Heather Gudenkauf, New York Times bestselling author of Missing Pieces"

The Vanishing Year is dark, twisty, edge-of-your-seat suspense. I read it in a single sitting and enjoyed every word. I highly recommend it! --Karen Robards, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Time I Saw Her"

The tantalizing plot twists layered atop the juxtaposition of the protagonist's troubled past and the opulence of her current life are not only intriguing, they'll keep you reading The Vanishing Year far into the night. Well done, Ms. Moretti, well done! --Lesley Kagen, New York Times bestselling author of Whistling in the Dark and The Resurrection of Tess Blessing"

The Vanishing Year is more than an engaging tale of utter betrayal. It s an intricate dance of realities, full of twists and turns you won t see coming. Kate Moretti has outdone herself. You ll miss your bedtime, guaranteed. --J.T. Ellison, New York Times bestselling author of No One Knows"

The Vanishing Year is part psychological study, part thriller, part journey of a lost woman finding herself amidst the chaos and confusion of abuse. Expertly told with secrets, twists and whip-smart prose, Kate Moretti shows in her third book that she deserves her New York Times best seller status. The Vanishing Year will live in your mind long after you put the book down. --Ann Garvin, author of The Dog Year"

The Vanishing Year takes us from the heights of New York Society to the depths of the depraved mind. In this gut-grabbing novel Moretti creates a glittery world of dreams and nightmares. Moves and counter-moves. Clear your schedule and brew a pot of coffee. You're going to be up all night with this one. --T.E Woods, author of The Justice Series"

Kate Moretti's The Vanishing Year is a Rebecca for the modern age a novel filled with doubts and deception, secrets and history. Society wife Zoe Whitaker must confront the age-old question of whether forgetting our past dooms us to endless repetition--and more heartache and danger than one woman can bear. --Jenny Milchman, author of As Night Falls"

"Engaging, intriguing, heart-pounding. In The Vanishing Year, Kate Moretti brings us the story of a Zoe Whittaker who has whitewashed her past and taken on a new and pristine identity. Of course, nothing is exactly as it seems to Zoe, and nothing is as it seems to the reader either. The twists had me gasping, the details had me transfixed. I cared about Zoe right away, which along with everything else, made it impossible for me to stop reading this book."--Amy Sue Nathan, author of The Glass Wives

"The Vanishing Year is the perfect mix of pulse-pounding action and exquisite prose. The complex, unpredictable plot and Kate's layered, multidimensional characters kept me hooked until the very last satisfying page. This book is sure to be one of this year's most talked about thrillers!"--Nicole Baart, author of The Beautiful Daughters

"The Va --Karen Katchur, author of The Secrets of Lake Road

"Moretti spins a tale of suspicion, deceit, and dreams that die as suddenly as a flock of starlings falling from the sky. A thrilling morality tale of the highest order, The Blackbird Season will make you question the lines between right and wrong, victim and criminal, and the unknowable intentions that form our innocence and guilt." --Mindy Mejia, author of Everything You Want Me to Be

"The Blackbird Season is more than a haunting mystery; it's an intense exploration of a family in crisis and a community rocked by scandal. How well can you truly know the ones you love? How far can you trust them? I couldn't stop reading until I knew the whole and harrowing truth." --Laura McHugh, award-winning author of The Weight of Blood and Arrowood

About the Author:

Kate Moretti is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Thought I Knew You, Binds That Tie, and While You Were Gone. She worked in the pharmaceutical industry for ten years as a scientist, but now writes full time. She lives in eastern Pennsylvania with her husband and two kids.

About this edition

• Publisher: Titan Books
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1785656317
• ISBN 13: 9781785656316
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384