It's the mesmerising,thought-provoking,chilling story of two sisters Laurel (10) and Primrose (Rosie) (6) who tortured and murdered two year old Kirstie Swann on a warm summer's day in 1997. My fist novel by Alice Clark- Platts and I found it chilling and compelling and the perfect “take your mind of the present” book that worked perfectly for me. whodunit βιβλίο μυστηρίου που διαβάζεται πολύ εύκολα και θα εκπλήξει ακόμη και τον πιο υποψιασμένο αναγνώστη.

From accepting the royal responsibility of the role, to twirling the night away like a princess on the dance floor, you will learn about everything that awaits as you prepare for your own flower girl fairy tale! She has to learn to be kind, honest and strong, or she will vanish back into the blossom petals again.

Definitely time now to move on to something lighter that is purely for reading pleasure , I decided. The Flower Girls is anything but the sweet story of childhood innocence its title might suggest, as Alice Clark-Platt’s novel deals with the disturbing and highly emotive subject of child abduction and murder where the perpetrators were children themselves. Laurel ended up going to prison where she still is to this day, while Primrose was given a new identity. There was characters I liked,disliked,annoyed me,frustrated me,sympathised with,changed my mind about and just plain gave me the creeps.

An unexpected surprise that this book would be as enjoyable as it was, and I would highly recommend it! The real life case often referred to and I believe acts as inspiration to ‘The Flower Girls’ is that of Jamie Bulger which happened in the UK in 1993. Unfortunately it was spoiled for me by the bizarre misuse of capitals in the ARC I received, many being missing, especially at the start of sentences, meaning you often had to read them twice, but also turning acronyms into weird looking words, and then capitals turning up in the middle of other words. Sisters Mariam and Amani are very excited about being flower girls at the wedding feast of their Aunt Sarah and her new husband.In the meantime, a bitter and resentful Laurel claims the death of Kirstie was an accident and is appealing the decision of the parole board. To enable personalised advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies. This is a great choice for kids’ crafting, and they’ll learn how to bring each picture to life by carefully placing the bling dots on the coordinating numbered spots. Primrose now has a new identity as Hazel, but whilst staying at a seaside hotel in Dorset with her fiancé and his daughter Evie, a little girl goes missing.