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Alice Teale is Missing

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A masterful missing person thriller with great characters and plenty of twists - simply superb

Steve Cavanagh, bestselling author of Thirteen

Delving into the complex world of a missing teenager, Linskey nails the adolescent voice to uncover a dark trail of secrets, lies and betrayal. This is page-turning fiction with real heart

Alice Teale Is Missing is my kind of book. With exemplary prose and relentless plotting, Linskey puts shocking small town secrets under the microscope with superb results. The fresh-faced Beth Winter and the misanthropic Lucas Black are a pairing that shouldn't work but absolutely do. Dogged and intuitive, they are beating heart of this story and I can't wait to see where Linskey takes them next.

MW Craven, bestselling author of The Puppet Show

A brilliantly plotted, perfectly clued story of the dark power of terrible truths. Compulsive reading from page one.

He just keeps getting better and better. I was gripped by this one. Hooks you in and doesn't let go. Strength in characterisation as always - I was sad to let this one go

The gripping thriller packed with twists

As usual, eighteen-year-old Alice Teale walked out of school at the end of a bright spring day. 
 
She's not been seen since. 
 
Detective Beth Winter knows that more often than not, the culprit is someone the victim knew. And it's soon clear that everyone in Alice's life seems to have something to hide. 
 
Then Beth receives a disturbing package: pages from Alice's precious diary. 
 
Who could have sent them? And what have they done with Alice?

YOU HAD A SECRET. ALICE FOUND OUT. 
 
'A highly entertaining, gripping and compulsive crime read, with many twists and turns' ***** 
___________ 
 
Alice Teale walked out of school at the end of a bright spring day. 
 
She's not been seen since. 
 
Alice was popular and well-liked, and her boyfriend, friends and family are desperate to find her. 
 
But soon it's clear that everyone in her life has something to hide. 
 
Then the police receive a disturbing package. 
 
Pages from Alice's precious diary. 
 
Who could have sent them? And what have they done with Alice? 
 
___________ 
 
Praise for Howard Linskey: 
 
'THIS STORY WILL CAUSE NIGHTMARES, IT IS THAT GOOD' DAILY MAIL 
 
'DARK, CLEVER AND ENGROSSING' C. L. Taylor 
 
'I WAS HOOKED FROM START TO FINISH' LJ Ross 
 
'ONE OF THE BEST WRITERS AROUND' Mark Billingham

H. A. Linskey is originally from Ferryhill in County Durham, but now lives in Hertfordshire with his wife and daughter. Under Howard Linskey, he is the author of a series of crime novels set in the North-East, featuring detective Ian Bradshaw and journalists Tom Carney and Helen Norton.

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A masterful missing person thriller with great characters and plenty of twists - simply superb

Delving into the complex world of a missing teenager, Linskey nails the adolescent voice to uncover a dark trail of secrets, lies and betrayal. This is page-turning fiction with real heart

A brilliantly plotted, perfectly clued story of the dark power of terrible truths. Compulsive reading from page one.

He just keeps getting better and better. I was gripped by this one. Hooks you in and doesn't let go. Strength in characterisation as always - I was sad to let this one go

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