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Psychological thriller box set
BOOK 1: AS SHE LEFT IT
Opal Jones grew up trapped under the same roof as her alcoholic mum. She escaped as soon as she could. Now her mum is dead and Opal must return to the old neighbourhood. She finds everything there exactly as she left it. Except for little Craig Southgate, the adorable toddler next door. Ten years ago, he slipped out the garden gate and disappeared. No one in their street saw a thing. But Opal knows that can’t be true. Which of them is lying?
BOOK 2: QUIET NEIGHBOURS
Jude’s husband left her. Her parents died in a freak accident. She buys a train ticket for the last place she remembers feeling happy. A rambling old bookshop in the Scottish Highlands. She turns up in tears and the owner, Lowell, kindly offers her a job and a place to stay. Things finally seem to be looking up. Now, another troubled young woman comes to town, claiming Lowell is her father. Sometimes the place you run to is even more dangerous than where you came from.
BOOK 3: COME TO HARM
Keiko moves to a small Scottish town where nothing feels like home. And no one seems to want to stick around for long. Nicole, Tash, Dina. Three teen girls gone. Everyone says they ran away. But Keiko knows there’s more to it than that. Keiko lives above the butcher’s shop. And her suspicions fall on the formidable widow behind the counter. It couldn’t be that the missing girls are ending up as meat? Keiko tells herself that’s too horrific to be true. But then she finds a threatening note behind her radiator. Will she be the butcher’s next victim?
YOU GET ALL THREE OF THE ABOVE BOOKS IN THIS EDITION. DON’T MISS OUT ON THIS SELECTION OF BESTSELLING NOVELS.
Opal Jones grew up trapped under the same roof as her alcoholic mum. She escaped as soon as she could. Now her mum is dead and Opal must return to the old neighbourhood. She finds everything there exactly as she left it. Except for little Craig Southgate, the adorable toddler next door. Ten years ago, he slipped out the garden gate and disappeared. No one in their street saw a thing. But Opal knows that can’t be true. Which of them is lying?
BOOK 2: QUIET NEIGHBOURS
Jude’s husband left her. Her parents died in a freak accident. She buys a train ticket for the last place she remembers feeling happy. A rambling old bookshop in the Scottish Highlands. She turns up in tears and the owner, Lowell, kindly offers her a job and a place to stay. Things finally seem to be looking up. Now, another troubled young woman comes to town, claiming Lowell is her father. Sometimes the place you run to is even more dangerous than where you came from.
BOOK 3: COME TO HARM
Keiko moves to a small Scottish town where nothing feels like home. And no one seems to want to stick around for long. Nicole, Tash, Dina. Three teen girls gone. Everyone says they ran away. But Keiko knows there’s more to it than that. Keiko lives above the butcher’s shop. And her suspicions fall on the formidable widow behind the counter. It couldn’t be that the missing girls are ending up as meat? Keiko tells herself that’s too horrific to be true. But then she finds a threatening note behind her radiator. Will she be the butcher’s next victim?
YOU GET ALL THREE OF THE ABOVE BOOKS IN THIS EDITION. DON’T MISS OUT ON THIS SELECTION OF BESTSELLING NOVELS.
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Published May 3, 2022
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About the author
Catriona McPherson
52 books526 followersCatriona McPherson (she/her) was born in Scotland and immigrated to the US in 2010. She writes: preposterous 1930s private-detective stories about a toff; realistic 1940s amateur-sleuth stories about an oik; and contemporary psychothriller standalones. These are all set in Scotland with a lot of Scottish weather. She also writes modern comedies about a Scot-out-of-water in a “fictional” college town in Northern California.
She has won multiple Anthonys, Agathas, Leftys and Macavitys for her work and been shortlisted for an Edgar, three Mary Higgins Clark awards and a UK dagger
Catriona is a proud lifetime member and former national president of Sisters in Crime.
She has won multiple Anthonys, Agathas, Leftys and Macavitys for her work and been shortlisted for an Edgar, three Mary Higgins Clark awards and a UK dagger
Catriona is a proud lifetime member and former national president of Sisters in Crime.
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
June 4, 2022
Head Turning
This box set totally engrossed me, causing me to spend every spare moment reading. I so wanted to solve the mysteries myself as I usually do, but it was quite impossible! Fun and engaging; it even has satisfactory endings that fail to disappoint. Read it and see for yourself.
This box set totally engrossed me, causing me to spend every spare moment reading. I so wanted to solve the mysteries myself as I usually do, but it was quite impossible! Fun and engaging; it even has satisfactory endings that fail to disappoint. Read it and see for yourself.
May 25, 2022
Readable
Not overly impressed with all 3 books if I'm honest, all over long a good storey is a short one ,characters lack depth plot so so ok read it you're board I would not go out of my way to read
Not overly impressed with all 3 books if I'm honest, all over long a good storey is a short one ,characters lack depth plot so so ok read it you're board I would not go out of my way to read
May 28, 2022
Psychological box set
This was a great set of books.the director were real pageturners,which stayed in ur mind even when not reading.I wasn't so keen on the third however the story of kieko was a disappointment after the pace of the other two!!
This was a great set of books.the director were real pageturners,which stayed in ur mind even when not reading.I wasn't so keen on the third however the story of kieko was a disappointment after the pace of the other two!!
May 31, 2022
brilliant
This author is a beautiful and brilliant writer. The stories are suspenseful and the I only paused my pace occasionally to repeat a brilliant turn of phrase or insight.
I highly recommend this series.
This author is a beautiful and brilliant writer. The stories are suspenseful and the I only paused my pace occasionally to repeat a brilliant turn of phrase or insight.
I highly recommend this series.
July 2, 2023
Way too busy, too many names and too much going on at once. I couldn't actually get into each of these stories, whenever I tried, I found myself overly focused on just remembering the side characters and skimming through dialogue to try make sense of it. Plots weren't awful though.
July 10, 2022
Too busy
So many characters, so much going on without anything really happening. I persevered until the end but was glad to be finished
So many characters, so much going on without anything really happening. I persevered until the end but was glad to be finished
Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews