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Here and Gone

Here and Gone

Summary

The best thriller Ive read this yearLISA JEWELL
A fantastic thriller... It doesn't get better than thisLEE CHILD

Her fresh start is about to turn into a nightmare…


Audra has finally left her abusive husband. She’s taken the family car and her young children, Sean and Louise, are buckled up in the back. This is their chance for a fresh start.

Audra keeps to the country roads to avoid attention. Then she spots something in her rear-view mirror. A police car is following her and the lights are flickering. Blue and red.

As Audra pulls over she is intensely aware of how isolated they are. Her perfect escape is about to turn into a nightmare beyond her imagining…

A rollercoaster…complete with agonising tension and a heroine you can’t help rooting for’
Daily Mail

Almost unbearably tense… Cancel all your plans and settle in for the ride
Ruth Ware

Reviews

  • A rollercoaster of a ride, complete with agonising tension and a heroine you can’t help rooting for. It deserves to be a best-seller
    Daily Mail

About the author

Haylen Beck

Haylen Beck is the pen name of internationally prize-winning crime writer Stuart Neville. Writing under his own name, Stuart won the LA Times Book Prize for his debut novel and received critical acclaim for his Belfast-set detective series starring Serena Flanagan. His Haylen Beck novels are set in the US and are inspired by his love of American crime writing.
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