*NEW FROM MELISSA ALBERT - INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE HAZEL WOOD*House of Hollow meets A Good Girl''s Guide to Murder, THE BAD ONES is a page-turning supernatural thriller about four mysterious disappearances in a town haunted by a sinister magical history - and one girl searching for the truth. ‘A gripping story of friendship and the supernatural . . . Albert’s talent for YA fiction is magical and undeniable. I was sucked right into The Bad Ones from the start, and on the edge of my seat until the end.’ IndependentA GAME GONE WRONG. A MISSING FRIEND. A TOWN OF BURIED SECRETS . . .Goddess, Goddess, count to five. In the morning, who''s alive?In a single winter''s night, four people vanish without a trace across a small town . . . Nora''s best friend, Becca, is one of the lost. Determined to find her, Nora discovers a string of coded messages Becca has left. These clues point to another missing girl thirty years prior and a sinister urban legend: a goddess figure, who played an eerie role in Nora and Becca''s own childhood games . . . As Nora unravels the mystery, it''s soon clear there are dark forces at work in her town - and they''ll stop at nothing to keep their secrets buried deep. ‘A masterful horror-thriller’ Laura Steven''The kind of horror that doesn’t just make you check under your bed – it makes you check your own reflection in the mirror . . . ’ Ava Reid‘Addictively terrifying’ Courtney Summers, author of SadiePraise for Melissa Albert: ''I couldn''t put it down'' Karen M. McManus''Taut, haunting, and potent as a witches brew'' Krystal Sutherland''Every line reads like an incantation'' V.E. Schwab