Available now: I'M THE GIRL, the new "brutally captivating" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) queer thriller from Courtney Summers, based loosely on The Epstein case and "not for the faint of heart" (The New York Times)
"Sadie: a novel for readers of any age, and a character as indelible as a scar. Flat-out dazzling." -A. J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window
A New York Times bestseller! An Edgar Award Winner!
Appearing on over 30 Best Book of 2018 lists including The Boston Globe, Bustle, Buzzfeed, Globe and Mail, Good Morning America, NPR, Publishers Weekly, and more!
A YALSA Top 10 Quick Pick
4 Starred Reviews from Kirkus, School Library Journal, Booklist, Publishers Weekly!
"Sadie is an electrifying, high-stakes road trip. Clear your schedule. You're not going anywhere until you've reached the end." -Stephanie Perkins, New York Times bestselling author of There's Someone Inside Your House and Anna and the French Kiss
"A haunting, gut-wrenching, and relentlessly compelling read." -Veronica Roth, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Carve the Mark and the Divergent series
A missing girl on a journey of revenge. A Serial-like podcast following the clues she's left behind. And an ending you won't be able to stop talking about. Now with special bonus material!
"Today, WNRK is launching the first episode of our new serialized podcast, The Girls, created and hosted by West McCray."
When popular radio personality West McCray receives a desperate phone call from a stranger imploring him to find nineteen-year-old runaway Sadie Hunter, he's not convinced there's a story there; girls go missing all the time. But when it's revealed that Sadie fled home after the brutal murder of her little sister, Mattie, West travels to the small town of Cold Creek, Colorado, to uncover what happened.
Sadie has no idea that her journey to avenge her sister will soon become the subject of a blockbuster podcast. Armed with a switchblade, Sadie follows meager clues hoping they'll lead to the man who took Mattie's life, because she's determined to make him pay with his own. But as West traces her path to the darkest, most dangerous corners of big cities and small towns, a deeply unsettling mystery begins to unfold-one that's bigger than them both. Can he find Sadie before it's too late?
Alternating between Sadie's unflinching voice as she hunts the killer and the podcast transcripts tracking the clues she's left behind, Courtney Summers' Sadie is a breathless thriller about the lengths we go to protect the ones we love and the high price we pay when we can't. It will haunt you long after you reach the final page.
Wow! Was soll ich sagen! Hier geht es um Sadie, deren kleine Schwester ermordet wird. Nun setzt sie sich es als Ziel den Mörder umzubringen. Das Buch ist aus Sadies Sicht, und einem Podcast, der Sadie finden will geschrieben. Die rücksichtslose Wahrheit kommt Stück für Stück ans Licht. Das Buch lässt sich sehr gut Lesen, und hat Suchtpotential. Klare Empfehlung!!!
Feb 24, 2024
4.0
Ein so krasses Buch!!!
Wow! Was soll ich sagen! Hier geht es um Sadie, deren kleine Schwester ermordet wird. Nun setzt sie sich es als Ziel den Mörder umzubringen. Das Buch ist aus Sadies Sicht, und einem Podcast, der Sadie finden will geschrieben. Die rücksichtslose Wahrheit kommt Stück für Stück ans Licht. Das Buch lässt sich sehr gut Lesen, und hat Suchtpotential. Klare Empfehlung!!!
Als ich den Klapptext von Sadie gelesen habe, wusste ich das es dramatisch und emotional werden kann..
Triggerwarnungen wären angebracht gewesen - nur so am Rande..
Es tat weh zu lesen, wie sehr Sadie ihre kleine Schwester Mattie vergöttert und was aus einer Tragödie losgetreten wird in Sadie. Die Mutter der Mädchen war eine Vollkatastrophe und mehr Last als Stütze.
Was mir nicht gefallen hat, waren die Podcast Sequenzen da mir das alles zu durcheinander war. Ich hätte es generell schöner gefunden, wenn sowohl die Podcast Kapitel wie auch die Sadie Kapitel mit Datumsangaben wären, so dass man die Geschichte besser verfolgen kann.
Alles in allem war es ein (Familien-)Drama und ich hätte es mir krasser, dramatischer vorgestellt.
Und was mir absolut nicht gefallen hat, war das Ende…
Jun 9, 2026
3.5
Familientragödie trifft Rachedurst
Als ich den Klapptext von Sadie gelesen habe, wusste ich das es dramatisch und emotional werden kann..
Triggerwarnungen wären angebracht gewesen - nur so am Rande..
Es tat weh zu lesen, wie sehr Sadie ihre kleine Schwester Mattie vergöttert und was aus einer Tragödie losgetreten wird in Sadie. Die Mutter der Mädchen war eine Vollkatastrophe und mehr Last als Stütze.
Was mir nicht gefallen hat, waren die Podcast Sequenzen da mir das alles zu durcheinander war. Ich hätte es generell schöner gefunden, wenn sowohl die Podcast Kapitel wie auch die Sadie Kapitel mit Datumsangaben wären, so dass man die Geschichte besser verfolgen kann.
Alles in allem war es ein (Familien-)Drama und ich hätte es mir krasser, dramatischer vorgestellt.
Und was mir absolut nicht gefallen hat, war das Ende…
"And it begins, as so many stories do, with a dead girl."
This book hit me hard and made my cry.
TW: Pedophilia, sexual abuse, drug abuse.
If you can handle the heavy topics I really recommend this book.
I stayed up until 5am to finish it, then went and immediately checked another book by this author out in my library that's how much this book hooked me.
I felt so deeply for Sadie as she goes in search of the man who murdered her sister Mattie, who was her whole world. Sadie was like a mother to Mattie when their own mother disappeared. Their relationship is so complicated, yet so very special.
Sadie goes on a trip to hunt down clues, fighting against her severe stutter along the way, all to find the murderer. And West McCray’s investigation leads him along her trail. A before and after racing each other towards the bitter end.
The narrative split between West McCray as a radio presenter investigating Sadie’s disappearance and Sadie herself.
The juxtaposition of McCray’s detached radio voice with the passion and determination in Sadie’s account works really well.
"Please save her " was constantly running through my mind. I felt panicked while reading, especially as Sadie became more and more reckless.
It’s so heartbreaking to see this girl who believes she has lost everything important in her world.
The audiobook is amazing, partially told in the style of a podcast with a large cast of voice actors! They even added ambient noises during interviews. Every audiobook should aspire to that level of perfection.
Apr 7, 2026
5.0
"And it begins, as so many stories do, with a dead girl."
This book hit me hard and made my cry.
TW: Pedophilia, sexual abuse, drug abuse.
If you can handle the heavy topics I really recommend this book.
I stayed up until 5am to finish it, then went and immediately checked another book by this author out in my library that's how much this book hooked me.
I felt so deeply for Sadie as she goes in search of the man who murdered her sister Mattie, who was her whole world. Sadie was like a mother to Mattie when their own mother disappeared. Their relationship is so complicated, yet so very special.
Sadie goes on a trip to hunt down clues, fighting against her severe stutter along the way, all to find the murderer. And West McCray’s investigation leads him along her trail. A before and after racing each other towards the bitter end.
The narrative split between West McCray as a radio presenter investigating Sadie’s disappearance and Sadie herself.
The juxtaposition of McCray’s detached radio voice with the passion and determination in Sadie’s account works really well.
"Please save her " was constantly running through my mind. I felt panicked while reading, especially as Sadie became more and more reckless.
It’s so heartbreaking to see this girl who believes she has lost everything important in her world.
The audiobook is amazing, partially told in the style of a podcast with a large cast of voice actors! They even added ambient noises during interviews. Every audiobook should aspire to that level of perfection.
