Fiction. Literature. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER �?� For fans of Laura Lippman and Gillian Flynn comes an electrifying novel of stunning psychological suspense.

�??My book of the year so far . . . breathtakingly, heart-stoppingly brilliant.�?��??Sophie Hannah, New York Times bestselling author of The Monogram Murders

I am the star of screaming headlines and campfire ghost stories. I am one of the four Black-Eyed Susans. The lucky one.

As a sixteen-year-old, Tessa Cartwright was found in a Texas field, barely alive amid a scattering of bones, with only fragments of memory as to how she got there. Ever since, the press has pursued her as the lone surviving �??Black-Eyed Susan,�?� the nickname given to the murder victims because of the yellow carpet of wildflowers that flourished above their shared grave. Tessa�??s testimony about those tragic hours put a man on death row.

Now, almost two decades later, Tessa is an artist and single mother. In the desolate cold of February, she is shocked to discover a freshly planted patch of black-eyed susans�??a summertime bloom�??just outside her bedroom window. Terrified at the implications�??that she sent the wrong man to prison and the real killer remains at large�??Tessa turns to the lawyers working to exonerate the man awaiting execution. But the flowers alone are not proof enough, and the forensic investigation of the still-unidentified bones is progressing too slowly. An innocent life hangs in the balance. The legal team appeals to Tessa to undergo hypnosis to retrieve lost memories�??and to share the drawings she produced as part of an experimental therapy shortly after her rescue.

What they don�??t know is that Tessa and the scared, fragile girl she was have built a  fortress of secrets. As the clock ticks toward the execution, Tessa fears for her sanity, but even more for the safety of her teenaged daughter. Is a serial killer still roaming free, taunting Tessa with a trail of clues? She has no choice but to confront old ghosts and lingering nightmares to finally discover what really happened that night.

Shocking, intense, and utterly original, Black-Eyed Susans is a dazzling psychological thriller, seamlessly weaving past and present in a searing tale of a young woman whose harrowing memories remain in a field of flowers�??as a killer makes a chilling return to his garden.

This ebook edition contains a special preview of Julia Heaberlin�??s Paper Ghosts.

Praise for Black-Eyed Susans

�??A masterful thriller that shouldn�??t be missed . . . brilliantly conceived, beautifully executed . . . [Julia] Heaberlin�??s work calls to mind that of Gillian Flynn. Both writers published impressive early novels that were largely overlooked, and then one that couldn�??t be: Flynn�??s Gone Girl and now Heaberlin�??s Black-Eyed Susans. Don�??t miss it.�?��??The Washington Post

�??[A] gem of a novel . . . richly textured, beautifully written . . . Tension builds, and the plot twists feel earned as well as genuinely surprising.�?��??The Boston Globe

�??A tense, slow-burning, beautifully written novel of survival and hope. Highly recommended.�?��??William Landay, New York Times bestselling author of Defending Jacob

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