It's the summer of 1965 & the streets of Queens New York shimmer in a heatwave One July morning Ruth Malone wakes to find a bedroom window wide open & her two young children missing After a desperate search the police make a horrifying discovery Noting Ruth's perfectly made-up face & provocative clothing the empty liquor bottles & love letters that litter her apartment the detectives leap to convenient conclusions fuelled by neighbourhood gossip & speculation Sent to cover the case on his first major assignment tabloid reporter Pete Wonicke at first can't help but do the same But the longer he spends watching Ruth the more he learns about the darker workings of the police & the press Soon Pete begins to doubt everything he thought he knew Ruth Malone is enthralling challenging & secretive
- is she really capable of murder? Haunting intoxicating & heart-poundingly suspenseful Little Deaths is a gripping novel about love morality & obsession exploring the capacity for good & evil within us all