Bluff

Joanie, 2013. Desperate to flee the claustrophobia of St Rule, Joanie has long been planning her escape. But on the night of her high-school graduation this dream is shattered by a betrayal. Devastated, Joanie falls into the hands of an enigmatic couple - Erin and David - who offer her a new kind of escape. Charismatic, older and intellectual, they make Joanie feel alive and important in a way she didn''t know was possible. But what do Erin and David, in turn, want from Joanie? Cameron, 2023. When Cameron arrives back in St Rule for Christmas a single question burns in his mind: what happened to Joanie? It''s been a decade since he saw his old friend, and in truth he hadn''t given it much thought - busily building a life. But now as he starts to look for answers, it becomes clear that someone wants to keep this secret buried at all costs. How far should he go to pursue the truth?

About the author

Francine Toon’s debut novel Pine was a Sunday Times bestseller and number one Times bestseller. It won the 2020 McIlvanney Prize, was shortlisted for Bloody Scotland Debut Prize and longlisted for the Highland Book Prize and the Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award.

Her poetry, written as Francine Elena, has appeared in The Sunday Times, The Best British Poetry 2013 and 2015 anthologies and Poetry London, among other places. Her short story ‘Ghost Kitchen’ was published in the anthology Of The Flesh.

Product details

• Authors: Francine Toon
• Publisher: Doubleday
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 06.11.2025
• EAN: 9780857527554
• ISBN: 978-0-85752-755-4
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 222 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Crime, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Thrillers / Psychological, FICTION / Ghost, FICTION / Horror, FICTION / Gothic, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Psychological thriller, Crime and mystery fiction, Contemporary horror and ghost stories, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Dundee and Fife