On the night the storm rolled in, Mariam Young and her dog, Lilly, stepped into the darkness and never returned.
No one saw them leave. No one heard a struggle. The rain wiped away footprints, and by morning, it was as if she had never existed. In a town where people spoke in half-truths and silences carried more weight than words, her disappearance was quickly reduced to a tragic mystery-one that was easier to forget than to solve.
But someone saw something.
The whispers started almost immediately-muted conversations behind closed doors, sideways glances at the mention of her name, nervous shifts in tone when questions were asked. The town had lost people before, but this was different. Mariam had always been the kind of person who asked the wrong questions, who dug too deep, who didn't know when to stop looking. And now, she was gone.
For months, the official investigation yielded nothing. No body. No evidence. Just theories. Some said she ran away. Others claimed she drowned in the river during the storm. A few whispered about something more sinister, but those voices never spoke too loudly. Because in this town, people knew when to stay quiet.
But silence wasn't enough to bury the truth.
As the search for answers begins, it becomes clear that the official story doesn't hold up. A crucial detail in the police report was ignored. A key witness vanishes before they can speak. The last phone call Mariam made-a call never logged in the investigation-leads to someone who shouldn't exist, someone who knows more than they're willing to say.
Every discovery tightens the web of secrets surrounding her disappearance. The deeper the investigation goes, the more the town itself seems to resist, like a living thing trying to shake off anyone who digs too deep. There's something buried here-something people are willing to kill to protect.
And then the warnings start.
Phone calls in the dead of night, the sound of breathing on the other end. Notes slipped under doors, unsigned but deliberate. A growing sense of being watched, of being followed, of standing too close to a line that no one was ever meant to cross.
Mariam had known something.
And she had tried to tell someone.
Now, that someone is being hunted.
The truth is not what it seems. The people who should be looking for her are the same ones making sure she's never found. And the deeper the mystery unravels, the more one thing becomes disturbingly clear:
Mariam's disappearance was not an accident.
It was a warning.
A warning to anyone who thought they could uncover what was never meant to be known.
Some mysteries don't end. They wait. And in this town, where shadows stretch long and memories are buried deep, the whispers in the dark are only getting louder.
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Verlagsort
Victory Island
Deutschland
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This book is best suited for readers who crave gripping psychological thrillers, chilling mysteries, and dark suspenseful stories that blur the line between truth and deception. It appeals to those who love unraveling intricate plots, uncovering buried secrets, and questioning how deep corruption and fear can run in a town that keeps its silence.
Target Readership Profile;
1. Fans of Psychological Thrillers and Crime Mysteries;
- Readers who enjoy books by authors like Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl), Tana French (In the Woods), and Paula Hawkins (The Girl on the Train).
- Those who love slow-burning tension, unreliable narrators, and unsettling truths that emerge piece by piece.
- Readers drawn to complex, flawed characters whose desperation to find answers leads them into danger.
2. Lovers of Small-Town Mysteries and Atmospheric Suspense;
- People who enjoy books set in isolated towns where everyone has secrets and where the setting itself plays a role in the story.
- Readers who
Produkt-Hinweis
Maße
Höhe: 210 mm
Breite: 130 mm
Dicke: 8 mm
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ISBN-13
978-3-384-55875-6 (9783384558756)
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