Talking to Strangers
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4.1 • 19 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER!
The new explosive, up-all-night crime thriller from the author of the hit bestsellers The Widow and The Suspect
THREE WOMEN.
When the body of forty-four-year-old Karen Simmons is found abandoned in remote woodland, journalist Kiki Nunn hopes this will be the big break she so desperately needs.
ONE KILLER.
Because she has a head start on all the other reporters. Just a week before Karen was killed, Kiki interviewed her about the highs and lows of midlife romance. Karen told her all about kissing strangers under the stars, expensive meals, roses. About the scammers and the creeps . . .
ONE CHANCE TO STOP HIM.
While the police appear to be focusing on local suspects, Kiki sets out to write the definitive piece on one woman's fatal search for love.
But she will soon learn that the search for truth can be just as deadly . . .
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Barton's artful sequel to Local Gone Missing, Det. Insp. Elise King competes with journalist Kiki Nunn to solve the murder of a Sussex hairdresser. King has just returned to duty after breast cancer treatment when she's called to Knapton Wood, where Karen Simmons's strangled corpse has been discovered. Before her death, Simmons ran a singles group called the Free Spirits, and King immediately sets her sights on the men Simmons was dating. Meanwhile, newspaper reporter Nunn catches wind of the murder, and her interest is piqued—she'd interviewed Simmons for an article about the Free Spirits the week before. Sensing the story might earn her a promotion, Nunn doggedly chases down leads, stepping on King's toes in the process. Also in the mix is Annie Curtis, one of Simmons's clients, whose eight-year-old son was killed years ago in the same place as Simmons, prompting Annie to wonder if the murders might be connected. Barton effortlessly toggles between each woman's viewpoint, maintaining suspense as she builds to the plot's devastating resolution. Fans of Mark Billingham's Tom Thorne novels will devour this.
