A haunted house, a broken family and a body that has never been found...
January, 1987: Helen Honeysett, a young newlywed, sets off for an evening run from her Thames-side cottage. She never comes home.
January, 2016: Twenty-nine years later, Helen's body has never been found. Her husband asks private detective Stella Darnell to find out what happened all those years ago. But how can you hunt a killer whose trail has long gone cold?
Head of Zeus * Crime Fiction
07 Sep 2017 * 416pp * £7.99 * 9781784972271
REVIEWS
'Lesley Thomson is now firmly established as one of our leading crime writers'
Elly Griffiths
'A really exciting read'
TripFiction
'A haunting and gripping novel'
Your Dog, Book of the Month
'The author has a great gift for atmosphere. I still felt the chilly, damp and haunted towpath long after I closed the book at the end of the last chapter'
Mystery People
'Cleverly plotted with plenty of tension, drama, and warmly drawn characters'
Sixty Plus Surfer
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Author
Lesley Thomson is the author of the Detective's Daughter series of West London-set mysteries featuring private investigators Stella, a cleaner, and Jack, a tube driver. The first novel, The Detective's Daughter, became an ebook phenomenon in 2013, staying at number 1 in the digital charts for 3 months. Since then, the series has gone on to sell 800,000 copies worldwide. Lesley is an active member of the UK crimewriting community, and appeared at several crime festivals in 2019, including CrimeFest, Harrogate, Morecambe & Vice and Capital Crime. She lives in Lewes with her partner and her dog. visit her website at lesleythomson.co.uk
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