"When you saw something awful, you had to put it away in a box. The box was something you kept locked in your head, and you only ever opened it to throw something else inside. The work, and the sights it brought you, had to be kept
separate from your life at all costs. It had sounded so simple, so neat."
A haunting new thriller from the author of The Whisper Man - just what I need. Alex North has crafted an ensemble of characters who are all holding tightly on to secrets.
Two teenage boys are taken into custody, covered in blood and giving instructions about where to find the body of a teenaged boy. Detective Amanda Beck follows the instructions and finds a staged scene and bloody handprints. One of the boys responsible is never seen again. Fast forward to twenty-five years later, when a copycat strikes and the horrors unfold again, sparking questions about the past and the sanity of the boy who escaped twenty-five years ago.
separate from your life at all costs. It had sounded so simple, so neat."
A haunting new thriller from the author of The Whisper Man - just what I need. Alex North has crafted an ensemble of characters who are all holding tightly on to secrets.
Two teenage boys are taken into custody, covered in blood and giving instructions about where to find the body of a teenaged boy. Detective Amanda Beck follows the instructions and finds a staged scene and bloody handprints. One of the boys responsible is never seen again. Fast forward to twenty-five years later, when a copycat strikes and the horrors unfold again, sparking questions about the past and the sanity of the boy who escaped twenty-five years ago.