Girl Falling - by Hayley Scrivenor (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

The USA Today bestselling, Lambda Award-winning author of Dirt Creek is back with a woman's story of the aftermath of the climbing incident that killed her girlfriend--and getting to the truth.

Torn between her girlfriend, Magdu, and her best friend, Daphne, Finn is looking forward to a day of rock climbing and bonding for the three women on the soaring cliffs near their Australian town. But nothing goes as she planned, and in a horrific accident, Magdu falls to her death.

Rocked by grief, Finn tries to pinpoint where it all went wrong. Did Magdu die because of Finn's friendship with overbearing Daphne, who has never wanted Finn to change or leave her? Can Finn trace it all the way back to the tragic childhood loss of her sister? What about Magdu's family, who would never have accepted their relationship?

When the police suspect foul play in Magdu's death, Finn begins to search for the shocking truth about her relationships and what has been in front of her all along. Beautifully written by the #1 internationally bestselling, Lammy Award-winning Hayley Scrivenor, Girl Falling is a beautiful love story, a tender meditation on grief, and a searing tale of just how much our lies can cost us.

Review Quotes

"An enthralling excavation of truth, with a vivid, human heart."
--Benjamin Stevenson, author of Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone

"A remarkable exercise in complex story-telling written in Scrivenor's idiosyncratic, metaphorically vivid prose, and it's a worthy sequel to the best-selling, prize-winning, international phenomenon that was Dirt Creek. . . It is the contradictions between the appearance and the reality that underpin this unique crime novel that has an ending like no other."
--The Sydney Morning Herald

"This Force of Nature meets Single White Female mashup would, like Jane Harper's novels, make a compelling film."
--The Saturday Paper

"Hayley Scrivenor is the master of the unexpected. . . At the heart of this love story is the theme of female friendship, in all its complex, messy, beautiful glory. Hayley's characters are so real you swear you could reach out and touch them."
--Australian Women's Weekly

"With twists and turns aplenty, Scrivenor skillfully misleads us right up to the surprising denouement."
--The Big Issue

"Twisty. . . culminating in a bombshell reveal. . . Scrivenor's evocative sense of place and unerring aim for the emotional jugular keep the pages turning. . . Scrivenor delivers some gratifying jolts."
--Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Hayley Scrivenor is the USA Today and #1 international bestselling author of Dirt Creek and Girl, Falling. Dirt Creek, Scrivenor's debut novel, won the Lammy Award for Best LGBTQ+ Mystery and the ILP John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger and was a Barry Award and ITW Thriller Award Nominee for Best First Novel. Hayley now lives and writes on Dharawal country and has a Ph.D. in creative writing from the University of Wollongong on the south coast of Australia.