FOUR FRIENDS. ONE MURDER. A GAME THEY CAN’T ESCAPE

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‘It was only a game’… Until a boy went missing.

‘No one was meant to get hurt’… But a body has been found.

‘Just some innocent fun’… Except one of them is a killer.

Ready or not, here I come.

It’s time to play hide and seek again.

THE WHISPER MAN meets THE GUEST LIST in this gripping story; DI Fleet is up against some of the most powerful people in the country as he attempts to discover the truth about what happened on the day of the game…
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Praise for The Hiding Place

‘A terrifyingly tense thriller that takes you to the darkest places of the human heart’ Elly Griffiths, The Locked Room

‘This book delivers on its premise and then some… both compelling and beautifully written and infused with a simmering tension – I couldn’t stop turning the pages!’ SARAH PEARSE, The Sanatorium

‘A great police procedural . . . a gripping, breathless denouement’ HARRIET TYCE, Blood Orange

‘Another totally thrilling page-turner. Masterful writing about teenage insecurity again, with a plot that twists and turns in to such a dramatic conclusion’ ARAMINTA HALL, Hidden Depths

‘Tense, full of misdirection & beautifully written‘ GILLY MACMILLAN, The Nanny

‘A dark and disturbing thriller right up to the heart-stopping finale. A must read’ MICHAEL WOOD author of Survivor’s Guilt

‘Lelic’s best yet. As beautifully crafted as ever, and builds layer upon layer of tension’ CARA HUNTER, The Whole Truth

‘A gripping crime thriller with a countdown to murder’ STEVE CAVANAGH, Fifty Fifty

Praise for Simon Lelic

‘What a read! It’s proper clever. Loved it’ STUART TURTON, The Devil and the Dark Water

‘A bloody good read and the very definition of unpredictable. Twisty, creepy, brilliantly paced and with a denouement I never saw coming’ JOHN MARRS, What Lies Between Us

‘Clever and atmospheric’ MARK EDWARDS, The Hollows

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16-year-old Sadie Saunders is missing.

Five friends set out into the woods to find her.

But they’re not just friends…

THEY’RE SUSPECTS.

You see, this was never a search party.

It’s a witch hunt.

And not everyone will make it home alive…

THE CHALK MAN meets THE HUNTING PARTY in this Observer, Thriller of the Month; witness four suspects as, alongside DI Fleet, you attempt to discover the truth about what happened to Sadie…
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‘A bloody good read and the very definition of unpredictable ‘ John Marrs, Keep it in the Family

‘Clever and atmospheric’ Mark Edwards, No Place to Run

‘A brilliantly tense tale’ Araminta Hall, Hidden Depths

‘A marvel: intricate, complex and utterly gripping’ Alex Lake, Ready or Not

‘Simon Lelic just gets better and better’ Dervla Mctiernan, The Murder Rule

‘A chillingly complex, well-crafted web’ Jane Corry, We All Have Our Secrets

‘A skilfully-woven mystery that oozes with tension’ T M Logan, The Holiday

‘Atmospheric and chilling. Fantastic read!’ Carla Kovach, One Girl Missing