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* THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE MIDNIGHT KING *

'A masterpiece of small-town horror' - GUARDIAN'A page-turning, unsettling read' - iPAPER
'Will leave you reeling' - DAILY EXPRESS
Two children lost. The wrong one found.

The town of Aurora is waiting to die. A few miles away a deep seam of coal burns underground, the fire creeping closer ever year. Businesses close. Families leave. Hope dwindles.

And then one day, nine-year-old Danny Yates comes back from the dead. He walks into town half-starved and silent, ten months after he and his best friend Will Keefe were presumed drowned. But when Danny does finally speak, he swears that he's not Danny anymore. He's Will.

Danny's mother is convinced that her boy has come back wrong, and that the town itself is now at risk from whatever dark force returned her son. Chief of Police John Deacon is more interested in how the sinister disappearance of two boys could have been written off as a tragic accident, and who was responsible. What happened to Danny to make him take on his friend's name, his personality? And does Danny's return mean there's a chance that Will is still alive?

'A brilliantly unsettling piece of purest American Gothic' - JAMES OSWALD

'The master of the small-town thriller at the top of his game' - JANICE HALLETT

'An atmospheric thriller. I loved this book' - SARAH PINBOROUGH
* THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE MIDNIGHT KING *

'A masterpiece of small-town horror' - GUARDIAN'A page-turning, unsettling read' - iPAPER
'Will leave you reeling' - DAILY EXPRESS
Two children lost. The wrong one found.

The town of Aurora is waiting to die. A few miles away a deep seam of coal burns underground, the fire creeping closer ever year. Businesses close. Families leave. Hope dwindles.

And then one day, nine-year-old Danny Yates comes back from the dead. He walks into town half-starved and silent, ten months after he and his best friend Will Keefe were presumed drowned. But when Danny does finally speak, he swears that he's not Danny anymore. He's Will.

Danny's mother is convinced that her boy has come back wrong, and that the town itself is now at risk from whatever dark force returned her son. Chief of Police John Deacon is more interested in how the sinister disappearance of two boys could have been written off as a tragic accident, and who was responsible. What happened to Danny to make him take on his friend's name, his personality? And does Danny's return mean there's a chance that Will is still alive?

'A brilliantly unsettling piece of purest American Gothic' - JAMES OSWALD

'The master of the small-town thriller at the top of his game' - JANICE HALLETT

'An atmospheric thriller. I loved this book' - SARAH PINBOROUGH
Über den Autor
Tariq Ashkanani is a solicitor and co-host of the writing podcast Page One. His debut novel, Welcome to Cooper, won the Bloody Scotland Debut Award 2022, as well as being shortlisted for both the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger and Capital Crime Fingerprint Award. His second novel, Follow Me to the Edge, was published in 2022. His upcoming novel, The Midnight King, will be published by Viper in 2025. He lives in Edinburgh with his wife and two sons.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2026
Genre: Importe, Krimis & Thriller
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781805222323
ISBN-10: 1805222325
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Ashkanani, Tariq
Auflage: Export/Airside
Hersteller: Profile Books
Viper
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 232 x 153 x 30 mm
Von/Mit: Tariq Ashkanani
Erscheinungsdatum: 14.05.2026
Gewicht: 0,435 kg
Artikel-ID: 135268619

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