Agent: Melissa Danaczko, Stuart Krichevsky Literary. WINNER OF THE ITW THRILLER AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL“My Sweet Girl pushes the boundaries of what a thriller can do.”-The Washington Post“Fiendish and full of twists…. Jaytissa expertly ratchets up the tension. Paloma is either losing her grip on reality, or her secret past has caught up with her. Meanwhile, she’s also started spotting Mohini, a mythic evil spirit who terrified her when she was a child in Sri Lanka. My Sweet Girl: An addictive, shocking thriller with an UNFORGETTABLE narrator Author Amanda Jayatissa Publisher Hodder & Stoughton, 2021 ISBN 1529365309, 9781529365306 Length 384 pages. The building super allows Paloma to review the hallway surveillance tape, and the only person she sees is herself, taking cleaning supplies from the supply closet. The body has disappeared without a trace. Or are they? When she discovers her roommate murdered in her San Francisco apartment, she calls the police and passes out in the hallway. After her parents go on an extended charity tour of Sri Lanka, Paloma drinks herself into blackouts, and perhaps hallucinations. Paloma’s life should be perfect, but she’s never felt she deserves her privileged life. Thirty-year-old Paloma Evans was adopted at 12 from an orphanage in Sri Lanka by wealthy, loving American parents. Sri Lankan author Jayatissa debuts with a dark, twisty psychological thriller.
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