Scrap

By: Calla Henkel

Narrated by: Amelia Sciandra

A true-crime obsessed young artist is drawn into the lives of an deliriously wealthy family in this fantastically entertaining thriller from Calla Henkel, author of Other People’s Clothes.

Recently dumped and stuck with a mortgage, artist Esther Ray wants to burn the world, but instead, she reluctantly accepts a scrapbooking job from the deliriously wealthy Naomi Duncan. The scrapbooks, a secret birthday gift for Naomi’s husband, Bryce, trace the Duncan’s 25-year marriage.

The conditions: Esther must include every piece of paper she’s been sent, must sign an NDA, and must only contact Naomi using the burner phone provided. Otherwise she’ll spoil the surprise. As Esther binges true-crime podcasts and works through the near-200 boxes of Duncan detritus, she finds herself infatuated with the gilded family—until, mid-project, Naomi dies suspiciously. When Esther becomes convinced the husband killed her, she uses the scrapbooks’ trove of information to insert herself into the Duncans’ lives to prove it. But the more Esther investigates, the further she is dragged back to the scorched earth of her past and the famous artist who paid her to disappear.

Laced with pitch-black humor and conspiratorial unease, Scrap is a razor-sharp examination of wealth and power, art and truth, of the line between justice and revenge—and who gets to cross it.

©2024 Calla Henkel (P)2024 Hodder & Stoughton Limited

Fascinating Story!

Damn, I loved this book! From chapter one it gets you hooked — compelling characters & situation, great writing. I couldn’t wait to find out what happened next. Fulfilling ending. Definitely recommend.

Audiobook was good 👍🏼

I enjoyed the narration voice of the protagonist, and appreciated the slight variation in dialect between the different characters.

Dark mystery with lots of personality

I love the main character and the voice of the reader is perfect. I hope to read more titles from this author in the future. very relatable character in this story and in her other book that's in English.