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Pretty Dead Things

On sale

9th July 2026

Price: £22

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Selected: ebook / ISBN-13: 9781399739450

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From the instant USA TODAY bestselling author comes a dazzling, sparkling new thriller…


‘I raced through this book… SO many secrets that will keep you reading late into the night!’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
‘I absolutely LOVED this – the best psychological thriller I’ve read for a very long time’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
‘THE PLOT TWISTS!! I absolutely loved everything about this book!’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Beauty dies. But secrets never do . . .

Twenty-five years ago, Isabelle Whitmore vanished without a trace during the Lone Star Princess Pageant in Anhalt, Texas. This year, the pageant is offering more than just its annual dose of rhinestone heels and plunging necklines – Isabelle’s sister, Ingrid Whitmore, is back and looking for revenge.

But just as confrontations and old rivalries reach their boiling point, the temperature plummets: record-breaking snow and freezing rain bring down the state’s entire power grid.

With everyone trapped under one roof, secrets will be spilled, scores will be settled – and more than one beautiful liar will end up dead.

KELSEY COX’S NOVELS ARE:
‘Riveting’ People
Heart-pumping’ Nina Simon
‘Jaw-dropping’ Amanda Eyre Ward

Reviews

Lindy Ryan
Dizzying and dazzling, Cox's debut slices through the saccharin sweetness of poisonous secrets to reveal the spongy heart of blood-soaked truths... A party to die for
Nina Simon
I couldn't put it down! PARTY OF LIARS brings the gothic house mystery to Texas, featuring a killer cast, heart-pumping pace, and well-plotted twists and turns
Katie Gutierrez
Big Little Lies meets Rebecca - the thriller of the summer
Catherine Cooper
A glamorous party in a lavish mansion and a brilliant cast of characters, none of whom can be trusted. Loved this book - can't wait to see what Kelsey writes next
Ashley Tate
PARTY OF LIARS with its stunning prose and simmering tension is a mesmerizing story that's part gothic horror, part psychological thriller, part contemporary glitz - the narrative is masterfully woven with plenty of twists, and deftly handles heavier subjects like postpartum depression
PRAISE FOR KELSEY COX'S DAZZLING THRILLERS