An account of a group of teenage girls involved in an horrific murder in a Northern seaside town, this read always makes you question its truth. Through excerpts of podcasts, fanfiction, blogs, occultism, and clickbait, its violent sensationalism will drag you into the darkest of places. Compulsively readable, even if you do so with a sense of dread at where it might take you next, this read both feeds our true crime obsession, and rips it apart.
Angelica closed her eyes and cycled through a number of scenarios in her head. She imagined Annabelle snapping her ankle in Twister. She imagined her passing out on her bathroom floor and choking on her own vomit. She imagined her drunkenly insisting everyone go to the beach to skinny-dip - then her naked body washing up on the beach. She imagined someone throwing acid in her pretty face. Annabelle screaming, clutching at her cheeks: I'll never be in another public safety campaign for Crow-on-Sea Council! She started to laugh. And the other girls started to laugh too. They opened their eyes and let go of each other's hands.
"Now let's see what happens. Let's just wait," said Dolly.
