Name: We Begin at the End
Price: 22.99 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.4 (25269 reviews)

Amazon.com Review

An Amazon Best Book of March 2021: Imagine a 13-year-old girl—think a modern-day Scout—old enough to have experience of the evils of the world, young enough to think declaring herself an outlaw will keep her and her younger brother safe. Filled with murder, poverty, prison, drugs, and shattered dreams in a small town, We Begin at the End is a mystery that covers a lot of ground. But it’s the electrifying young Duchess who will stick with you long after you turn the final page. —Vannessa Cronin, Amazon Book Review

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Winner of the Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel from the Crime Writers’ Association (UK)
Winner for Best International Crime Fiction from Australian Crime Writers Association
An Instant New York Times Bestseller

“A vibrant, engrossing, unputdownable thriller that packs a serious emotional punch. One of those rare books that surprise you along the way and then linger in your mind long after you have finished it.”
―Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds

Right. Wrong. Life is lived somewhere in between.

Duchess Day Radley is a thirteen-year-old self-proclaimed outlaw. Rules are for other people. She is the fierce protector of her five-year-old brother, Robin, and the parent to her mother, Star, a single mom incapable of taking care of herself, let alone her two kids.

Walk has never left the coastal California town where he and Star grew up. He may have become the chief of police, but he’s still trying to heal the old wound of having given the testimony that sent his best friend, Vincent King, to prison decades before. And he's in overdrive protecting Duchess and her brother.

Now, thirty years later, Vincent is being released. And Duchess and Walk must face the trouble that comes with his return. We Begin at the End is an extraordinary novel about two kinds of families―the ones we are born into and the ones we create.

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Winner of the Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel from the Crime Writers’ Association (UK)
Winner for Best International Crime Fiction from Australian Crime Writers Association
Winner of the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (UK)
An Instant New York Times Bestseller
A Good Morning America Buzz Pick
#1 Indie Next Pick
A Lariat Reading List Pick

Praise for We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker

“We Begin at the End was recommended by a friend, who recommended to a friend, who recommended it to my wife, who gushed about it to me. It is that kind of very emotional, well-written, unforgettable story that gets people gushing―including me.”
―James Patterson

“Cape Haven, Calif., is a pretty town of broken souls. Its chief cop clings to the past as his body fails. A drunk former beauty can barely care for the kids she loves, and her fierce 13-year-old daughter Duchess Day Radley imagines herself an outlaw willing to do anything to defend her little brother."
―People (Book of the Week)

“A heartbreaking, page-turning, swashbuckling thriller.”
―Good Morning America

“What is new is the protagonist’s anguished, gorgeous voice, filled with rage and tenderness.”
―The Washington Post

“Ravishing, pulse-raising suspense....”
―O, The Oprah Magazine

“A moving, propulsive story.”
―The New York Times Book Review

“A vibrant, engrossing, unputdownable thriller that packs a serious emotional punch. One of those rare books that surprise you along the way and then linger in your mind long after you have finished it.”
―Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds

“A beautifully written mystery, packed with unforgettable characters. An intricately woven portrait of small-town intrigue where old and new sins collide.”
―Jane Harper, New York Times bestselling author of The Dry and The Survivors

“Couldn’t put it down. Incredible writing, characters so brilliantly drawn they jump off the page. Outstanding.”
―B. A. Paris, bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors

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