Waiting on Wednesday #4 - Beautiful Malice by Rebecca James.

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted at Breaking the Spine that spotlights eagerly awaited upcoming releases.

This weeks selection is:

Beautiful Malice - Rebecca James

Bantam

Hardcover, 272 pages

Release date: July 13th 2010.

An international sensation that The Wall Street Journal called a “publishing phenomenon,” this layered, poignant, and chilling novel of psychological suspense is the year’s most stunning American fiction debut. From its wrenching opening to its shocking climax, Beautiful Malice unfolds a haunting story in which people, motives, and circumstances are never what they seem.

Who is Katherine Patterson? It is a question she hopes no one can answer. To erase her past, Katherine has moved to a new city, enrolled in a new school, and even changed her name. She’s done the next best thing to disappearing altogether. Now, wary and alone, she seeks nothing more than anonymity. What she finds instead is the last thing she expected: a friend.

Even more unlikely, Katherine’s new friend is the most popular and magnetic girl in school. Extroverted, gorgeous, flirtatious, and unpredictable, she is everything that Katherine is not and doesn’t want to be: the center of attention. Yet Alice’s enthusiasm is infectious, her candor sometimes unsettling, and Katherine, in spite of her guarded caution, finds herself drawn into Alice’s private circle.

But Alice has secrets, too—darker than anyone can begin to imagine. And when she lets her guard down at last, Katherine discovers the darkest of them all. For there will be no escaping the past for Katherine Patterson—only a descent into a trap far more sinister . . . and infinitely more seductive.

Waiting on Wednesday is fast becoming my favourite meme. I'm finding out about so many new books through this.  Beautiful Malice is another one I'm really excited to read!  Just read the last few lines of the book description, and tell me you're not excited for this one too! I've read that this book has echoes of The Lovely Bones and Single White Female. I can't wait to read it!

I also wanted to point out the cover art - I love the Australian and U.S covers, but I am not really feeling the UK cover, which is a great pity, as unless I want to buy it on import, that's the one that's gonna end up on my bookshelf. Don't you just hate when that happens?

Share your finds and links. I love finding out about new books that I might not yet have discovered!