Summary
The Secrets of Manson: A Reid Stratton Thriller
A private investigator returning to the hometown he fled years ago becomes entangled in the disappearance of two teenage girls in this stunning literary crime thriller.
Reid left the small town of Manson a decade ago, promising his former Chief of Police boss he’d never return. He made a new life in the city, became a PI and turned his back on his old life.
Now an insurance firm has offered him good money to look into a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781869718190 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1869718194 |
| Author: | J.P. Pomare |
| Publisher: | Hachette Australia |
| Imprint: | Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 26 July 2022 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 155mm x 30mm |
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Critics Review
‘A twisty small-town PI mystery with a protagonist I didn’t want to let go’ IAN RANKIN
‘J.P. Pomare has given us another juicy small-town read … Expect plenty of twists and turns in this thriller’ WOMAN’S DAY
‘Deftly plotted, pacey and sharply written. Twists come out of nowhere and the high drama of the final few chapters is edge-of-the-seat stuff’ NEW ZEALAND WOMAN’S WEEKLY
‘An engrossing tale of investigation and discovery, which will keep the reader fascinated to the end’ CANBERRA TIMES
‘There are tantalising echoes of Lee Child and Jack Reacher in this latest offering from Pomare. Fresh and complex … delivers on every front’ ARTS HUB
‘the definitive J.P. Pomare whodunnit … rich with red herrings and clues alike, drip-fed to the reader, enticing them to unravel the mystery. Pomare is, in every definition, a masterful page-turner … It is the must-read thriller of winter 2022’ GOOD READING
‘Captures you from page one and then barrels along with all the hallmarks of a J.P. Pomare thriller - a twisty plot, unforgettable characters and, more importantly, heart. Read this book!’ CHRISTIAN WHITE
‘An expertly plotted mystery with echoes of Lee Child. I raced through it and missed it once I finished’ ALLIE REYNOLDS
Praise for the critically acclaimed, award-winning novels of J. P. Pomare, Call Me Evie, In the Clearing, Tell Me Lies and The Last Guests:
‘A plot that will drag breathless readers to the finish line’ HERALD SUN
‘A master of the carefully constructed, impeccably paced psycho-thriller’ THE AUS
About The Author
J.P. Pomare
J.P. Pomare is an award-winning writer whose work has been widely published. His debut novel, Call Me Evie, was critically acclaimed and won the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best First Novel. Pomare’s novels In The Clearing and The Last Guests were critically acclaimed bestsellers, while his novel Tell Me Lies was a #1 Audible bestseller and was shortlisted for the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel and the Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Fiction. The Wrong Woman is his fifth book.
He was born in New Zealand and resides in Melbourne with his wife and daughter.
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