Tall Oaks

Notes

Tall Oaks is Chris Whitaker‘s first novel. This Twin Peaksesque mixture of mystery and bizarre comedy won him the ‘First Blood Dagger’ for the best crime novel by a first-time author.

Publisher’s Synopsis

ISN’T IT ABOUT TIME THAT YOU MADE A DATE TO VISIT TALL OAKS?

Tall Oaks is an idyllic small town, until the disappearance of a young child throws the tight-knit community into crisis.

Jess Monroe, the boy’s distraught mother, is simultaneously leading the search and battling her own grief and self-destructive behaviour. Her neighbours watch on, their sympathy masking a string of dark secrets.

This is a small town where nothing is as it seems, and everyone has something to hide. And as the investigation draws towards a climax, prepare for a devastating final twist . . .

Dark, full of suspense and packed with twists, this brilliant new thriller is like nothing you’ve read before.

‘An absolute delight . . . Highly original’ LAURA WILSON, GUARDIAN

‘It’s rare that a novel can be both brilliantly comic and tragic, and balance the two so effortlessly’ SUN

‘A gripping debut’ MAIL ON SUNDAY

Read a full review of Tall Oaks by Chris Whitaker at Jen Med’s Book Reviews.