{"product_id":"9781845029692","title":"Black Wood: A deliciously dark thriller with a shocking secret at its heart","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHe spots the two girls through the cracked screen of beech, sycamore and leg-scratching gorse: a flash of red skirt and a unison of giggles . . . The smaller girl sees him first and she lets out a strange little squeak and jumps back, grabbing onto the other girl’s T-shirt, revealing a flash of milky white shoulder.\u003cbr\u003eHe grins.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSomething happened to Claire and Jo in Black Wood: something that left Claire paralysed and Jo with deep mental scars. But with Claire suffering memory loss and no evidence to be found, nobody believes Jo’s story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwenty-three years later, a familiar face walks into the bookshop where Jo works, dredging up painful memories and rekindling her desire for vengeance. And at the same time, Sergeant David Gray is investigating a balaclava-clad man who is attacking women on a disused railway, shocking the sleepy village of Banktoun. But what is the connection between Jo’s visitor and the masked man?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo catch the assailant, and to give Jo her long-awaited justice, Gray must unravel a tangled web of past secrets, broken friendship and tainted love. But can he crack the case before Jo finds herself with blood on her hands?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREVIEWS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘A deliciously dark thriller with a shocking secret at its heart’\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFergus McNeill\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of\u003cem\u003eEye Contact\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘A dark, chilling read that moves fast and builds to a brilliant climax. 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