ALL CHOICES HAVE CONSEQUENCES A woman's body is found floating in the Swan River beside Perth's Matagarup Bridge. She has been repeatedly stabbed in the stomach, the victim of a frenzied attack by a crazed killer. With a rising career and a devoted fiance, Chelsea Eastman was a promising y
An Absence So Cruel: An Australian Crime Thriller (Detective Tony Packer Book 2)
β Scribed by JT Viner
- Book ID
- 115172723
- Publisher
- HSB Publishing
- Year
- 2024
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 116 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ASIN
- B0CWFF2BFC
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β¦ Synopsis
SOME PAIN CANNOT BE ENDURED
Six-year-old Abby Hanford is abducted from King's Park in Perth while playing with her father. All that is left behind is a shoe.
Police search the park but find no trace of Abby.
Then they discover that a known child sex offender was in the park when Abby was taken. He is now on the run from police and a search of him turns up horrifying secrets.
It seems clear that he was taken Abby.
But Detective Tony Packer is not so sure. Something feels wrong. Abby's parents are not telling the truth and neither are their friends. There are darker secrets behind Abby's disappearance.
A girl is missing.
Time is running out.
If Packer cannot find the truth in time, Abby will never be seen again.
An Absence So Cruel is the second in a new series of knife-edge thrillers set in the underbelly of Perth, Western Australia.
Perfect for fans of JD Kirk, Ian Rankin, Jack Gatland, JM Dalgleish, Patricia Cornwell and other police procedural thrillers.
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