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A review by windy_witch
The Flower Girls by Alice Clark-Platts
4.0
The Flower Girls were infamous for the horrific murder of young Kirstie Swann in the 1990’s. Laurel was 10 years old and Primrose was only 6 when they committed this crime and Laurel was imprisoned for this act of violence. Primrose was given a new identity with her parents following Laurels conviction as she was too young to be tried.
Now twenty years later Laurel is trying to appeal her conviction again, pleading that the death of the toddler was an accident. It appears though that someone does not want Laurel to be released from prison and will go at lengths to ensure she remains where she is.
This was quite a dark tale about an innocent child being murdered in cold blood and really reminded me of the awful real life story of young James Bulger that took place when I was a young child. There was some awful revelations in the book that the author drew out and did a really good job of, I did feel however the ending was a little blunt and could have been developed a bit better.
Now twenty years later Laurel is trying to appeal her conviction again, pleading that the death of the toddler was an accident. It appears though that someone does not want Laurel to be released from prison and will go at lengths to ensure she remains where she is.
This was quite a dark tale about an innocent child being murdered in cold blood and really reminded me of the awful real life story of young James Bulger that took place when I was a young child. There was some awful revelations in the book that the author drew out and did a really good job of, I did feel however the ending was a little blunt and could have been developed a bit better.