Pheasants Nest

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2024
Edition: First Edition

Description: 312 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: She wonders if they have discovered her missing yet. Has it broken in the news Who has been assigned to cover her story Have they started spooling through her social media and pulling out photographs Constructing a narrative about who she is and what possible reason any person has to kidnap or (lets be frank) kill her She tries not to let out the whimper thats building in her sternum, at the thought that he might. Kill her, that is. He might kill her.Kate Delaney has made the biggest mistake of her life. She picked the wrong guy to humiliate on a girls night out and now she is living every womans worst nightmare. Kate finds herself brutalised, bound and gagged in the back of a car being driven god knows where by a man whose name she doesnt know, and she is petrified about whats in store for her.As a journalist who is haunted by the crimes shes had to report over her career, Kate is terrifyingly familiar with the statistics about women who go missingand the fear and trauma behind the headlines. She knows only too well how those stories usually end.Kate can only hope the police will find her before its too late, but shes aware a random crime is hardest to solve. As the clock ticks down, she tries to keep herself sane by thinking about her beloved boyfriend and friends, escaping into memories of love and happy times together. She knows she cannot give way to despair.As the suspense escalates, Kates boyfriend Liam is left behind, struggling with his shock, fear and desperation as the police establish a major investigation. The detectives face their own feelings of anguish and futility as they reflect on the cases they didnt solve in time and the victims they couldnt save. They know Kates chances of survival diminish with every passing hour.Acclaimed and award-winning writer and journalist Louise Milligan has written a stunning and surprising thriller with a gigantic heart; a gripping, propulsive and brilliantly original debut.

ISBN: 9781761470349