They Say a Girl Died Here by Pinborough, Sarah

"A page-turning suspense masterclass with a mind-blowing twist." --Chris Whitaker

Two murdered girls. A town with dark secrets.
A race to break a deadly cycle.

Anna Maybourne never imagined herself living in a place like Harper's Creek, a nowhere town full of dusty farmland plagued by drought. It's supposed to be a new start for her and her family, but after dropping out of college, Anna feels stuck in place--working a part-time job, watching her little sister grow up, and taking care of her grandmother with dementia, whose paranoid episodes have started to unnerve her. The only interesting thing about her new town, it seems, is the string of grisly murders attributed to a killer called the Farmhandman--and the clue she discovers that reveals the case is yet unsolved.

Along with outspoken loner Melissa Laverne and handsome deputy Todd Greenbough, Anna fills her hours with the town's darkest curiosity--but even though the prime suspect is long dead, the Farmhandman murders begin to feel too close for comfort as the anniversary nears. Tension is building in Harper's Creek, and everyone can feel it. The house is becoming more claustrophobic by the day, and her grandmother is growing stranger. Anna begins to wonder if her delusional moments are somehow the key to discovering the truth about the murders, and if the old house, and her new start, is haunted by its own bloody baggage.

With a devastating, genre-bending mystery at its core, They Say a Girl Died Here is a novel of thrilling and terrifying secrets, with a twist that could only come from the New York Times bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes, Sarah Pinborough.

Author: Sarah Pinborough
Publisher: Flatiron Books: Pine & Cedar
Published: 08/25/2026
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.50w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9781250436689

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/15/2026
Booklist 07/01/2026

About the Author
Sarah Pinborough is the award-winning, #1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of the psychological thriller (and hit Netflix show) Behind Her Eyes and more than twenty other novels and novellas, including We Live Here Now, Insomnia, and the young adult thriller 13 Minutes. She has also written for the BBC. She lives in England.