Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé is the instant New York Times, international bestselling, and award-winning author of Ace of Spades and Where Sleeping Girls Lie. She is an avid tea drinker, a collector of strange mugs and an English Literature graduate from a Scottish university. She recently completed an MA in Shakespeare Studies from King's College, London. In 2024 Faridah was an official World Book Day author with The Doomsday Date. She has co-authored a romcom Four Eids and a Funeral with YA Book Prize-winning author Adiba Jaigirdar and has written a Marvel Spider-Verse story featuring a new character, Spider-UK. When she isn't spinning dark tales, Faridah can be found examining the deeper meanings in Disney Channel original movies.
<p>AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES bestseller. Where Sleeping Girls Lie is a haunting and compulsive new Dark Academia mystery of secrets, lies and revenge, from the award-winning, bestselling author of Ace of Spades, Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé. Perfect for fans of Holly Jackson and Maureen Johnson.</p><p>"Dark academia fans, this novel is for you." Cosmopolitan</p><p>"The slow-burn mystery, imbued with a terrible sense of menace, is worth every page." The Observer</p><p>"Àbíké-Íyímídé is an incisive force - and a total vibe." Olivie Blake, NYT bestselling author of THE ATLAS SIX</p><p>This was a mistake, the voice in her head whispered. You should never have come...</p><p>Sade Hussein is the new girl at the prestigious Alfred Nobel Academy. She has no idea what to expect of her mysterious new boarding school - an institution steeped in tradition and secrets. But she certainly didn't imagine her roommate, Elizabeth, to go missing on her first night. Or for people to think Sade had something to do with it.</p><p>Suddenly everyone is talking about Sade, including the Unholy Trinity: the three most popular girls at school. Swept up in their circle, Sade can't shake the sense that there's more to Elizabeth's disappearance - especially as the teachers don't seem to care.</p><p>And then a student is found dead.</p><p>It's clear there's more to Alfred Nobel Academy and its students than Sade could have imagined - and she must race to uncover the truth. But secrets lurk around every corner and beneath every surface...secrets that rival even her own.</p><p><br></p>
