MERCILESS MABEL by SADIE HEPBURN

Sixty-six years ago, Mabel Waller was the most infamous name in Australia—the youngest child ever convicted of murder. Today, in a quiet, forgotten alley in Melbourne, 81-year-old Elsie Fitzpatrick lives an invisible life among eccentric neighbors. To them, she is simply a harmless shadow, the gentle ghost of Kenny Lane. Until a mysterious note threatens to tear down her carefully constructed sanctuary. As a relentless detective closes in, forcing her into a desperate cat-and-mouse game of wits, the boundaries of Elsie's reality begin to fracture. Lost between the suffocating memories of the past and the rising paranoia of the present, she must learn that the only thing keeping her alive isn't flight—it is the invisible oxygen of platonic friendship. In a world that renders elderly women and young girls completely invisible, she will prove that invisibility is the ultimate weapon..