Synopses & Reviews
Claire is on the run.
From her past, from her husband, and from her own secrets. When she turns up alone in the remote mining town of Blackmore asking about Shayna Fowles, the local girl who disappeared, everyone wants to know who Clare really is and what she’s hiding. As it turns out, she’s hiding a lot, including what ties her to Shayna in the first place. But everyone in this place is hiding something—from Jared, Shayna’s secretive ex-husband, to Charlie, the charming small-town drug pusher, to Derek, Shayna’s overly involved family doctor, to Louise and Wilfred, her distraught parents.
Did Shayna flee? Was she killed? Is it possible she’s still alive?
As Clare uncovers the mysteries around Shayna’s disappearance, she must confront her own demons, moving us deeper and deeper into the labyrinth of lies and making us question what it is she’s really running from. Twisting and electrifying, this is a get-under-your-skin thriller that will make you question what it means to lose yourself and find yourself in the most unlikely places.
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"An intricately woven thriller....You’ll want desperately to solve the mystery not only of the missing Shayna, but of Clare O’Dey, Amy Stuart’s heartbreaking heroine, on the run from the darkest forces both within and without — and you’ll have a hard time forgetting the everytown of Blackstone and its scheming, desperate inhabitants....A vivid and haunting debut." Holly LeCraw, author of The Swimming Pool
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"An impressive debut, rooted in character rather than trope, in fundamental understanding rather than rote puzzle-solving." The Globe and Mail
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"A gripping page-turner, with a plot that takes hold of you and drags you through the story at breakneck speed. The characters are compelling, the setting chilling and the suspense ever-present. Add to that, Stuart has an ability to tap into the dark psychology behind addiction and abuse, and to bring these complex struggles to life in a way that stays with you for days." Toronto Star
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"Still Mine delivers all the nail-biting moments of a fast-paced thriller and filters them through the eyes of girl-with-a-past Clare O’Dey: deeply flawed yet instantly recognizable, O’Dey is a noir detective hero for a postmodern age. Author Amy Stuart sends one missing woman out to look for another one, and the result is chilling. You’ll find yourself turning the pages faster and faster." Elisabeth de Mariaffi, author of The Devil You Know
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"Twisty and swift, Amy Stuart’s Still Mine is a darkly entertaining mystery machine. But what will really surprise you is the emotional foundation on which it has been built." Andrew Pyper, bestselling author of The Demonologist and The Damned
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"Stuart’s dark and deliciously disturbing debut....[a] perceptive look at addiction, abuse, and obsession will resonate with fans of psychological thrillers." Publishers Weekly
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"Stuart is a sensitive writer who has given Clare a painful past and just enough backbone to bear it." Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review "The Latest and Best in Crime Fiction"
About the Author
Amy Stuart's first novel Still Mine was an instant bestseller in Canada. She won the 2011 Writers' Union of Canada Short Prose Competition for Developing Writers, and was a finalist for the 2012 Vanderbilt/Exile Award. She is a recent masters' graduate from the University of British Columbia. Amy lives in Toronto with her husband and her three sons and is currently at work on the sequel to Still Mine.