For fans of All the Colours of the Dark and Where the Crawdads Sing a beautiful atmospheric
thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Tall Bones THE TIMES BOOK OF THE MONTH
'Propulsive bold and brutal... A truly atmospheric thriller .' Chris Whitaker bestselling
author of All the Colours of the Dark 'B ewitching... thought provoking character driven
crime fiction.' Paula Hawkins bestselling author of The Girl on the Train 'Sublime. The best
thing I've read in ages. ' Will Dean bestselling author of The Chamber _______ The
Labasques aren't like other families. Living in a shack out in the swamps they scrape a
living hunting down alligators just to get by. To the good people of Jacknife Louisiana they
are trouble-makers outcasts the kind of people you wouldn't want living on your doorstep. So
when Cutter Labasque is found face down in the muddy swamp no one seems to care not even her
two rough-cut brothers. The only person who questions the official verdict of suicide is
Cutter's childhood friend Loyal May who has just returned home to care for her ageing mother.
Loyal left town at the age of 18 having betrayed everything she valued most. Now there may be
no way for her to find forgiveness but there may be restitution if she can find out what
really did happen to Cutter... Set against the haunting beauty of Southern Louisiana Our
Last Wild Days is a compulsive evocative novel about a tight-knit community and the secrets
they want to keep hidden. 'What lifts Anna Bailey's marvellous second novel is the hothouse
lyricism of their writing which is as lush as the setting' The Times Book of the Month 'A
brooding evocative novel' i paper best new crime and thriller books 'The author hit the Sunday
Times bestseller list with their debut... and I'm certain this will follow ' Prima 'A
remarkable job of conjuring up the haunted swamplands of southern Louisiana... A particularly
spicy gumbo of a thriller ' Daily Mail ______ WHAT READERS & AUTHORS ARE SAYING ABOUT OUR
LAST WILD DAYS: 'A masterpiece... you will be hooked !' 5-star reader review 'A sweltering
fever dream of a nov el - brimming with atmosphere tension and a truly unforgettable cast of
characters.' Colin Walsh bestselling author of Kala ' If you like Chris Whitaker (another
Brit who does small-town America so well) this is for you' 5-star reader review 'The heat and
humidity sink into your bones as you are sucked into the lives of the people of the backwaters'
5-star reader review 'With a setting as atmospheric as Where the Crawdads Sing... a stunningly
written thriller ' Nikki Smith author of Look What You Made Me Do 'A brooding atmosphere
with loads of twists along the way that will keep you guessing ' 5-star reader review 'E
xquisite . A rare extraordinary talent' C.J.Cooke bestselling author of The Lighthouse
Witches ' Every page is enthralling and to be read with your breath held against what's coming
next.' 5-star reader review 'Likely to be one of my books of the year' 5-star reader review
'Filled with lines worth tattooing and passages worth framing.' Megan Collins author of Cross
my Heart ' Anna Bailey is the master of things that move in the dark with language so lush
you feel like you could reach out and touch it' Hayley Scrivenor bestselling author of Dirt
Town 'Raw and unflinching ... a stunner .' Ashley Winstead author of Midnight is the
Darkest Hour 'I didn't want this one to end...a perfect crime thriller' 5-star reader review
