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Melanie Golding

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Melanie Golding grew up in Leicestershire, UK. Her first novel, Little Darlings, became an e-book bestseller and won the DragonCon award for Best Horror Novel 2019.

Her second novel The Hidden, (titled The Replacement in the UK), was a B&N monthly pick in March 2023.

Her third novel: The Sight, is available now in all good bookstores and she has a fourth in development for publication in March 2027

She holds a PhD in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University which examines the use of folklore in contemporary thrillers.

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	Little Darlings 3.63 avg rating — 16,083 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Look at someone every day for long enough and you stop seeing what everyone else sees. You start to see what no one else sees, what is kept hidden from most people.”
― Melanie Golding, Little Darlings

tags: love, marriage, relationships

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“She had to play the game, even before she knew what the rules were.”
― Melanie Golding, Little Darlings

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“Where was Lauren in this maelstrom of awfulness? Where was the person she had previously thought herself to be? Intelligent, funny, in control, that Lauren. She'd been hiding as best as she could, sheltering in the back of her psyche somewhere, allowing the least evolved part of her instinctive self to be the thing that was present in this trauma.”
― Melanie Golding, Little Darlings

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Mystery/Thriller

The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1) by Patricia Highsmith

The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith

Little Darlings by Melanie Golding

Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane

59 votes 43.7%

Science Fiction

Bannerless (The Bannerless Saga, #1) by Carrie Vaughn

Bannerless by Carrie Vaughn

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) by Douglas Adams

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Across the Universe (Across the Universe, #1) by Beth Revis

Across the Universe by Beth Revis

39 votes 28.9%

Historical Fiction

A Curious Beginning (Veronica Speedwell, #1) by Deanna Raybourn

A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn

The Woman on the Orient Express by Lindsay Jayne Ashford

The Bronze Horseman (The Bronze Horseman, #1) by Paullina Simons

The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons

37 votes 27.4%

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