The Search Party
You won’t believe the twist in this compulsive new Top Ten ebook bestseller from the ‘Stephen King-like’ Simon Lelic
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'Hugely gripping' Mark Billingham, Rabbit Hole
'Heart-stopping Elly Griffiths, The Locked Room
'What a read!' Stuart Turton, The Devil and the Dark Water
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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
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The disappearance of teenager Sadie Saunders from her small British community in this competent crime thriller from Lelic (The Liar's Room) sparks a massive police search in the nearby woods, headed by Det. Insp. Robin Fleet, who has some personal history with the area. Meanwhile, some of Sadie's teenage friends form their own search party, but the teens' hunt ends tragically when one of them is fatally stabbed. Fleet must sort through the survivors' differing accounts of the stabbing, even as Sadie's whereabouts and fate remain unknown, and the locals call into question his own motivations. With his superintendent pushing for both inquiries to be wrapped up quickly, Fleet must tune out distractions and biases if he's to uncover the truth. Fleet has an unoriginal backstory, including marital problems, and the plot twists won't surprise veteran genre readers. Lelic breaks no new ground, but he handles a familiar setup well.
