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Anna Willett When I was fourteen, a classmate of mine got off the bus on a Saturday afternoon and waved goodbye to her best friend - another classmate - and vanish…moreWhen I was fourteen, a classmate of mine got off the bus on a Saturday afternoon and waved goodbye to her best friend - another classmate - and vanished. The girl’s disappearance changed the way I viewed life and remained a mystery for almost ten years. Her body was discover only a few hundred metres from that bus stop, buried under concrete at the back of a shop. A place I’d passed hundreds of times, alone and with friends.

Even though the mystery has been solved, it’s still a haunting event. On occasion, I still pass that shop. I think of that girl, still fourteen in my memory and wonder, why her? Why that day? Was she the first?

I write thrillers, trying to assemble the questions and answers into something that’s entertaining and as real as I dare make them. (less)
Anna Willett I came up with the idea of putting an ordinary couple in an extraordinary situation and making both vulnerable in some way. It was an idea that had be…moreI came up with the idea of putting an ordinary couple in an extraordinary situation and making both vulnerable in some way. It was an idea that had been dwelling on the edge of my imagination for a long time and the more I thought about it, the more details began to fill in. (less)
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