A Common Loss

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They were originally five. Elliot. Brian. Tallis. Cameron. And Dylan – charismatic Dylan – the mediator, the leader, the man each one turned to in a time of crisis. Five close friends, bonded in college, still coming together for their annual trip to Las Vegas. This year, they are not just bound by a common tradition, but by a common loss: that of Dylan, killed in a road accident the previous year. Yet what is intended as a celebration of Dylan’s life becomes a frightening confrontation with the past. Upon arrival in Vegas, each of the remaining four friends receives an envelope, one that contains evidence of their most private secrets. These secrets haunt each of their respective owners, yet were only known collectively by one person – Dylan. This man had another, hidden side – one which is now taunting them from beyond the grave. Why would Dylan want these secrets unearthed? Who is digging them up for him? And, more importantly, what is it going to take for them to be reburied? A COMMON LOSS is Kirsten Tranter′s follow-up to her critically acclaimed debut, The Legacy. Yet again, Tranter′s weave of watertight prose and literary sensibilities shows her to be a born writer with a precocious control of storytelling and style.