Weight | 0.303 kg |
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Dimensions | 198 × 129 × 27 mm |
ISBN | 9780099553823 |
Cover | Paperback |
Publication Year | 2012 |
Publisher | Cornerstone |
£5.00
Until the Darkness Comes
PI John Craine has come to Hale Island to get away from it all – the memories and the guilt, and a past that just won’t let go.
But within hours he stumbles across the dead body of a young girl on the beach. When the police arrive the body has inexplicably disappeared. Or – in his already tormented state – did Craine imagine it in the first place?
Determined to get at the truth, Craine starts asking questions. But it seems no one on the island is talking. And all too soon he finds himself tangled up in a deadly network of fear and violence.
Someone has a dark secret to keep, and Craine is getting in the way…
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