"Ryegrove Hospital was meant to keep people safe. Instead, it hid the truth for seventeen years.
As Anna Gwynne digs into a pair of suspicious deaths long written off as suicides, she uncovers a grotesque collaboration between clinicians, manipulators, and an online phenomenon that turns cruelty into entertainment. The deeper she goes, the clearer it becomes: the Black Squid didn’t corrupt the system — it exploited one already broken.
Tense, disturbing, and brutally topical, The Severn Reckoning is a crime thriller about control, complicity, and what happens when safeguarding becomes camouflage."
"The past is reaching out its cold and deadly fingers.
On the hottest day of the year, 11-year-old Blair Smeaton vanishes near a riverbank, leaving police baffled and desperate. Detective Anna Gwynne, still haunted by her recent trauma, uncovers a sinister connection to an unsolved case. A chilling dark web photo reveals Blair trapped in the same room where a previous victim was once held captive ten years earlier. A captive whose remains, found near Charterhouse in the Mendip Hills, form the basis of the cold case she’s investigating.
The killer isn't hiding; he's taunting.
With Blair’s life hanging by a thread, Anna turns to a dangerous contact who can navigate the murky waters of the internet. But will trusting him save Blair—or cost Anna everything?
A heart-pounding thriller that will get right under your skin. If you enjoy Mo Hayder, Jo Nesbø, and Angela Marsons, you’ll love this crime thriller."
"This book was previously published as The Silent Girls
Truth is often buried where few dare to look.
A young girl disappears, echoing an unsolved murder from the past. The police think they’ve found their man, just as they had before. But they've already got it badly wrong once, forcing facts to fit a theory to convict an innocent man.
Determined not to let that happen again, Detective Sergeant Anna Gwynne must go into the darkness that cloaks the worst of crimes and risk damaging herself in the process.
Can she get what she needs before another life is lost, or could the horror lead her down a path that puts her own life in grave danger?
An absolutely page-turning thriller that will have you hooked. If you love the novels of Angela Marsons and Simon McCleave, you won’t be able to put down An Unpardonable Act, Book 1 in the Anna Gwynne Black Squid trilogy."
"In the dark labyrinth of his memories, can Cameron Todd uncover the truth about his girlfriend's fatal plunge from a clifftop?
With a brain injury preventing him from remembering anything, even the night Emma died, Cameron is trapped in a sinister game of piecing together his fragmented past.
Accusations swirl around him - the police, Emma's grieving family - they all question whether his amnesia is a mere pretence. As he struggles to reconstruct the mosaic of his life, Cameron discovers that his relationship with Emma may not have been as idyllic as he believed. Could he have played a role in her death?
Battling the fog of self-doubt and confusion, Cameron is torn between trusting his fragmented memories or fearing the lurking shadows of truth. Will his quest for answers expose a deadly secret he'd rather forget?
From the acclaimed author of 'The Silent Girls', this gripping psychological thriller promises a chilling journey of suspense and deception. Perfect for fans of D.S. Butler and Carol Wyer.
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Dylan Young is from South Wales and author of dark psychological thrillers, children's books and an adult contemporary fantasy."
"If your life was on the line, how far would you go?
Surgeon Jacob Thorn isn’t worried when the police interview him over nurse Katy Leith’s disappearance. She is a co-worker, nothing more. But when a leaked video of him and the missing woman arguing goes viral, the social media reaction is vicious. When harrowing images of the kidnapped woman start to appear on his phone, along with a demand from her abductor that Jake confesses to a crime he has no recollection of committing, he is forced to act or face terrifying consequences. He needs to delve into the past for answers. But time is running out for Katy."
"Grief-stricken following the death of his baby son, surgeon Dan Lewis is struggling to make sense of it all as his marriage collapses.
His work is his lifeline. But when he fixates on a child patient he thinks has a potentially lethal disease, no one believes the diagnosis. They all think he’s losing his mind.
When one of Dan’s critics is senselessly murdered and the evidence points to the damaged doctor as the prime suspect, his bad situation becomes desperate.
But there’s a dark secret linking the ill child and the murder victim—one that no one other than Dan can see.
Can he overcome his paralyzing despair to reveal the truth and clear himself? And if he does, will it be in time to save an innocent child from a terrifying fate?"
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