*First published as THE CLEARING in 2023*

A chilling new serial killer thriller from the author of the Sanctus series

'The ending is genuinely one of the most jaw-dropping ones I've read in a long time. Absolutely superb.' M.W. Craven

'Unnerved me to my core' Sam Holland

'Scared the bloody daylights out of me. The very definition of haunting' Helen Fields

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Maddie Friar is missing

And she isn't the first.

Women have been going missing around the forest of Dean for decades. Residents usually dismiss the disappearances as runaways.

Maddie Friar's sister, Adele, is frantically searching but local police are no help.

Only forensic criminologist Laughton Rees might know the truth.

There is something dark lurking in this town. Something deadly.

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• Crime, Thriller & MysteryThrillersCrime
• Crime, Thriller & MysteryCrime FictionKidnapping
• Crime, Thriller & MysteryCrime FictionSerial Killers
• Crime, Thriller & MysteryThrillersPsychological

• Publication Date: July 20, 2023
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• Print Length: 357 Pages
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