Rabbit Hole

'I fell down Rabbit Hole in an obsessive spiral' KATE REED PETTY, AUTHOR OF TRUE STORY'A mindblowing debut' HEATHER DARWENT, author of THE THINGS WE DO TO OUR FRIENDSA deliciously dark and twisted debut about family secrets, true crime, and destructive obsession – by a striking new talentTeddy Angstrom is no stranger to morbid public interest in her family’s tragedies. And when her father dies suddenly, ten years to the day after her sister Angie’s disappearance, she intends to maintain as much privacy as she always has.Clearing out her father’s office, however, Teddy discovers her father’s double life: a decade-long investigation into wild conspiracies from a Reddit community of true crime fans fixated on Angie. Repelled and compelled in equal measure by this new online dimension, Teddy finds herself falling down that same rabbit hole. So when nineteen-year-old Mickey, a charming amateur internet sleuth, materialises in real life, Teddy determines that the two of them are going to team up to find out what really happened to Angie – and whether there’s any chance she might still be alive. But as she struggles to reconcile new information with old memories, Teddy doesn’t notice that her obsession is making her increasingly self-destructive. And she’s in way over her head before she’s realises that Mickey, too, is not all she seems…Noirish, haunting and razor-sharp, as compulsive as a late-night Reddit binge, Rabbit Hole is an unforgettable debut about violence, family and grief.'A smart and edgy mystery that kept me turning pages feverishly from start to finish' ALEXIS SCHAITKIN, AUTHOR OF SAINT X‘I absolutely loved this book … I couldn't put it down’ AINSLIE HOGARTH, AUTHOR OF MOTHERTHING'An unputdownable debut from a writer I would follow anywhere' ALLIE ROWBOTTOM, author of AESTHETICA

A searing portrayal of loss, adolescence, and grief with all the twists and turns of a thriller. Teddy is a fantastically compelling narrator and her relationship with Mickey is twisted yet perfectly believable. I tore through this in a few days - a mindblowing debut, I fell down Rabbit Hole in an obsessive spiral ... It’s a pitch-black story about ambiguous loss, and a blazingly feminist take on the self-destructive pull of the internet. And it’s poignant. And it’s unflinching. And that ending! Kate Brody is a star, A smart and edgy mystery that kept me turning pages feverishly from start to finish ... This is a story about girlhood, grief, the slippery nature of memory, and our society’s true crime obsession, and Brody delivers insights on these themes in prose that is both raw and beautiful. As we follow Teddy on her downward spiral, we are forced to ask: How much is the truth worth?, From the first line, Brody’s novel had its hands around my throat. While Rabbit Hole has the pace and intrigue of a thriller, and brutal and evocative prose, what makes it standout is its narrator, Brody’s refusal to soften her edges or portray her as anything less than a young woman savaged by grief. I followed breathlessly along, both wishing I could stop Teddy’s Internet-fueled descent into madness and eagerly awaiting the next dark, delicious corner she’d lead me, I absolutely loved this book. Rabbit Hole is an unflinching portrait of grief and obsession, as well as a genuinely gripping mystery. The characters feel raw and real, the story is dark and timely. I couldn't put it down

Kate Brody received her MFA from NYU and has published stories in the Literary Review, Pif, 34th Parallel and The Dirty Napkin. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two children.