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Day One
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Emma Atkins, Nigel Pilkington, Sarah Durham
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
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Publisher's Summary
"A gripping examination of a community devastated by a school shooting and the “truthers” who deny it ever happened. Within that story is a girl who’s hiding what she knows about what happened that day. A chilling, thought-provoking read. Brilliant.”—Shari Lapena, New York Times bestselling author of Everyone Here is Lying and The Couple Next Door
A village hall, a primary school play, a beautiful Lake District town in England. Into this idyllic scene steps a lone gunman whose actions set off a train of events that will have devastating consequences for the close-knit community of Stonesmere.
In the weeks following the cataclysm, conspiracy theorists start questioning what happened. Two young people find themselves at the epicenter of the uproar: Marty, the town’s golden girl and daughter of a teacher killed that day, and Trent, whose memories of his brief time trying to fit into Stonesmere fuel his attachment to the conspiracies.
But what really happened at the Day One assembly? What secrets is Marty keeping and what blindspots does Trent miss? In this world where news travels fast, and videos and gossip travel faster, how does a community move forward together?
Opening with a gripping moment of terror, and then jumping forward in time to show how secrets, trauma, miscommunications, and unrequited feelings reverberate over a lifetime, Abigail Dean once again delivers, "a riveting page-turner, full of hope in the face of despair." (Sophie Hannah, The Guardian).
What the critics say
“From the author of Girl A comes a new and prescient thriller about a school shooting in an idyllic English town and the conspiracy theories that soon proliferate. Dean has picked a tough topic, but one I predict she’ll explore with sensitivity and grace.”—CrimeReads, "Most Anticipated Crime Fiction of 2024"
"A gripping examination of a community devastated by a school shooting and the “truthers” who deny it ever happened. Within that story is a girl who’s hiding what she knows about what happened that day. A chilling, thought-provoking read. Brilliant.”—Shari Lapena, New York Times bestselling author of Everyone Here is Lying and The Couple Next Door
"Superb! Day One is what brilliant thriller writing is all about: living, breathing characters, a nonstop plot, and–as we've come to love about Dean–a voice that is rich, evocative and, dare I say it, literary. And given that the novel wrestles with a subject that has been wrenchingly close to many of us, the tale will stay with you long after you read the final page."—Jeffery Deaver, New York Times bestselling author of The Bone Collector and The Watchmaker's Hand