Twenty-Seven Minutes

"The rare gift that delivers it all: elevated prose, characters with depth, unpredictable twists, and a pitch-perfect mood."--Ashley Audrain, New York Times bestselling author of The Push

Phoebe Dean was the most popular girl in life and death.

For the last ten years, the small, claustrophobic town of West Wilmer has been struggling to understand one thing: Why did it take young Grant Dean twenty-seven minutes to call for help on the fateful night of the car accident that took the life of his beloved sister, Phoebe?

Someone knows what really happened the night Phoebe died. Someone who is ready to tell the truth.

With Phoebe's memorial in just three days, grief, delusion, ambition, and regret tornado together with biting gossip in a town full of people obsessed with a long-gone tragedy with four people at its heart. The caretaker, the secret girlfriend, the missing bad boy, and a former football star--just kids back then--are forever tied together the fateful rainy night Phoebe died.

Perfect for fans of Jane Harper and Celeste Ng, Tate's literary suspense Twenty-Seven Minutes is a gripping debut about what happens when grief becomes unbearable and dark secrets are unearthed in a hometown that is all too giddy to eat it up.

Author: Ashley Tate
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
Published: 01/30/2024
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781728278148


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/08/2024