{"product_id":"in-bloom-9781399748278b","title":"In Bloom","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAn \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eObserver \u003c\/span\u003eBest Debut Novelist 2026\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2026 Ned Kelly Award for Best Debut Crime Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eIn the town of St. Vincent, everyone knows everyone else's business. So, when Lily Lucid accuses the beloved high school music teacher Mr. P of sexual assault, rumours swirl and lines are drawn. On one side: Lily's former friends - the fiercely loyal girls who immediately set out to prove their teacher's innocence. On the other: all the adults who have already written them off as a lost cause.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe girls will stop at nothing to hold onto their dream of escaping their small, run-down town, their desperate mothers and absent fathers - and Lily's accusation threatens it all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut how far out of control can they spin before there's no turning back?\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e'A powerful and evocative debut from a writer of great skill and deeply felt emotion' \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eObserver\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Effervescently paced and outrageously funny . . . jaw-dropping' Luke Kennard, author of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eBlack Bag\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I loved this book . . . raw, grungy and frenetic' Alice Slater, author of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eLet the Bad Times Roll\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Sceptre","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":43067479392336,"sku":"9781399748278B","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781399748278-l.jpg?v=1793148664","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/in-bloom-9781399748278b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}