Trees rustle behind the empty park. The swing creaks in the breeze. Caught on its rusted chain is a pink hair ribbon. Charly only wore it to make me happy. Now it's all I have to remember her by, my perfect girl...

A murder that shocks a small town...

Pictures of the missing girl Charly Dean are plastered across every newspaper and television screen in the country until a dog walker discovers her body in the woods. A chilling detail at the crime scene leads the local police to believe they have a serial killer on their hands, and he's just getting started.

A killer with unfinished business...

Months later, with Charly's murder still unsolved, her parents can hardly look at each other, torn apart by grief, blaming themselves - and each other. Then a second victim is found in the same woods. Charly's parents will stop at nothing to find justice for both girls. But that means facing the shocking truth that the killer didn't pick Charly at random. She was carefully chosen. And the sinister reason lies somewhere in their past...

A gripping page-turner that will have you racing to the twisty end. Readers of Cara Hunter, Rachel Abbott, K. L. Slater and Clare Mackintosh will be absolutely gripped by Her Perfect Girl.