Black-Eyed Susans: A Novel of Suspense

Black-Eyed Susans: A Novel of Suspense

TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMESÂ AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER â€¢Â For fans of Laura Lippman and Gillian Flynn comes an electrifying novel of stunning psychological suspense.

I am the star of screaming headlines and campfire ghost stories.Â I am one of the four Black-Eyed Susans.Â The lucky one.

As a sixteen-year-old, Tessa Cartwright was found in a Texas field, barely alive amid a scattering of bones, with only fragments of memory as to how she got there. Ever since, the press has pursued her as the lone surviving â€œBlack-Eyed Susan,â€ the nickname given to the murder victims because of the yellow carpet of wildflowers that flourished above their shared grave. Tessaâ€™s testimony about those tragic hours put a man on death row.

Now, almost two decades later, Tessa is an artist and single mother. In the desolate cold of February, she is shocked to discover a freshly planted patch of black-eyed susansâ€”a summertime bloomâ€”just outside her bedroom window. Terrified at the implicationsâ€”that she sent the wrong man to prison and the real killer remains at largeâ€”Tessa turns to the lawyers working to exonerate the man awaiting execution. But the flowers alone are not proof enough, and the forensic investigation of the still-unidentified bones is progressing too slowly. An innocent life hangs in the balance. The legal team appeals to Tessa to undergo hypnosis to retrieve lost memoriesâ€”and to share the drawings she produced as part of an experimental therapy shortly after her rescue.

What they donâ€™t know is that Tessa and the scared, fragile girl she was have built aÂ fortress of secrets. As the clock ticks toward the execution, Tessa fears for her sanity, but even more for the safety of her teenaged daughter. Is a serial killer still roaming free, taunting Tessa with a trail of clues? She has no choice but to confront old ghosts and lingering nightmares to finally discover what really happened that night.

Shocking, intense, and utterly original, Black-Eyed Susans is a dazzling psychological thriller, seamlessly weaving past and present in a searing tale of a young woman whose harrowing memories remain in a field of flowersâ€”as a killer makes a chilling return to his garden.

This ebook edition contains a special preview of Julia Heaberlinâ€™sÂ Paper Ghosts.

Praise for Black-Eyed Susans

â€œA masterful thriller that shouldnâ€™t be missed . . . brilliantly conceived, beautifully executed . . . [Julia] Heaberlinâ€™s work calls to mind that of Gillian Flynn. Both writers published impressive early novels that were largely overlooked, and then one that couldnâ€™t be: Flynnâ€™s Gone Girl and now Heaberlinâ€™s Black-Eyed Susans. Donâ€™t miss it.â€â€”The Washington Post

â€œ[A] gem of a novel . . . richly textured, beautifully written . . . Tension builds, and the plot twists feel earned as well as genuinely surprising.â€â€”The Boston Globe

â€œA tense, slow-burning, beautifully written novel of survival and hope. Highly recommended.â€â€”William Landay, New York Times bestselling author of Defending Jacob

â€œMy book of the year so far . . . breathtakingly, heart-stoppingly brilliant.â€â€”Sophie Hannah,Â New York TimesÂ bestselling author ofÂ The Monogram Murders

â€œDeliciously twisty and eerie, Heaberlinâ€™s third psychological suspense novel is intricately layered and instantly compelling.â€â€”Library Journal (starred review)

â€œBrilliant . . . a breakout book.â€â€”Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Country USA
Manufacturer Ballantine Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2015-08-11
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Ballantine Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2015-08-11
Format	Kindle eBook

Black-Eyed Susans: A Novel of Suspense

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