The Search Party
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4.3 • 3 Ratings
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- $4.99
Publisher Description
A twisty, electrifying new thriller from the author of The New Neighbors and The Liar's Room...
The entire town thinks sixteen-year-old Sadie Saunders is dead. Missing now for a week, they say she was murdered. And they think they know who did it.
Sadie's five best friends aren’t so sure, and they vow to find out the truth. So they pack their bags and head into the woods where Sadie was last seen.
But they’re not just friends, they’re suspects. And each of them has a secret.
As the landscape opens up, and the darkness closes in, the reality of their situation becomes clear…
This was never really a search party.
It’s a witch hunt.
And not everyone will make it home alive.
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.
