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An Absence So Cruel

(2024)
(The second book in the Detective Tony Packer series)
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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 his home 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.


Genre: Mystery

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