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  • Published: 4 May 2017
  • ISBN: 9780718180379
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400

The Search

The outstanding new serial killer thriller




A killer with a secret to tell . . .

Little Susan Verity went missing during the heatwave of 1976. An unprecedented amount of police resources went into finding her, but to no avail. Until now.

Serial killer Adrian Wicklow was always the prime suspect. He's lied to the police about Susan's whereabouts repeatedly but this time, he says, he'll tell the truth. Because Wicklow is dying.

As the case re-opens DS Ian Bradshaw works with investigative journalists Tom Carney and Helen Norton to find Susan. But this is Wicklow's life's work. Would a killer on death's door give up his last secret so easily...?

  • Published: 4 May 2017
  • ISBN: 9780718180379
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400

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Praise for The Search

**The NEW NOVEL from Howard Linskey** Someone knows where the bodies are buried... Little Susan Verity went missing during the heatwave of 1976. An unprecedented amount of police resource went into finding her, but to no avail. Until now.

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Linskey has taken a sharp swerve towards the big time ... he has elevated his writing to a level of complexity and humanity seldom approached by British writers previously

Maxim Jakubowski

Linskey delivers a flawless feel for time and place, mixed with unrelenting pace

The Times

Linskey is one of the most commanding crime fiction practitioners at work today

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