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"An exciting debut from a talented new voice. Girl in Snow is a propulsive mystery set in a suburban community marked by unsettling voyeurism. Danya Kukafka patiently reveals layers of her characters´ inner lives-their ugliness and vulnerabilities-in prose that sparkles and wounds. I couldn´t put this one down." -Brit Bennett, New York Times bestselling author of The Mothers

An addictive debut thriller about the mysterious death of a small-town golden girl and the secret lives of three people connected to her: the social misfit who loved her from afar, the rebellious girl who despised her, and the policeman investigating her death.

As morning dawns in a sleepy Colorado suburb, a dusting of snow covers high school freshman Lucinda Hayes´s dead body on a playground carousel. As accusations quickly spread, Lucinda´s tragic death draws three outsiders from the shadows.

Oddball Cameron Whitley loved-still loves-Lucinda. Though they´ve hardly ever spoken, and any sensible onlooker would call him Lucinda´s stalker, Cameron is convinced that he knows her better than anyone. Completely untethered by the news of her death, Cameron´s erratic behavior provides the town ample reason to suspect that he´s the killer.

Jade Dixon-Burns hates Lucinda. Lucinda took everything from Jade: her babysitting job, and her best friend. The worst part was Lucinda´s blissful ignorance to the damage she´d wrought.

Officer Russ Fletcher doesn´t know Lucinda, but he knows the kid everyone is talking about, the boy who may have killed her. Cameron Whitley is his ex-partner´s son. Now Russ must take a painful journey through the past to solve Lucinda´s murder and keep a promise he made long ago.

Girl in Snow investigates the razor-sharp line between love and obsession and will thrill fans of Everything I Never Told You and Luckiest Girl Alive. Intoxicating and intense, this is a novel you will not be able to put down.

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Kukafka, Danya
Danya Kukafka is a graduate of New York University´s Gallatin School of Individualized Study. Girl in Snow is her first novel.

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