Why read The Ice Cream Girls?

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At only eighteen years of age, Poppy and Serena were the only witnesses to a tragic event. Amid heated public debate and scrutiny, the two glamorous teens were dubbed 'The Ice Cream Girls' by the press and forced to go their separate ways and to lead very different lives. Twenty…

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Dorrik Stow

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Gripping and fast-paced from the start, this was a crime thriller I couldn’t put down – with unexpected twists and turns to the very end.
Two teenage girls, Serena and Poppy, become embroiled in an abusive relationship with their controlling, misogynistic and married schoolteacher. It ends in terrible disaster, and with the media-dubbed ‘Ice Cream Girls’ tried for murder. Poppy is convicted and sent to prison, while Serena is acquitted, but is this a tragic miscarriage of justice? Released after twenty years, Poppy seeks to reveal the truth and attribute justice where it truly belongs – but does it? Serena…

From Dorrik's 3 favorite reads in 2026.