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What really happened to Sarah Cook?

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´Seriously this is a must read. I loved it!´ MARTINA COLE

´Utterly superb ... pure reading pleasure.´ SOPHIE HANNAH

One of VAL MCDERMID´S New Blood choices for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, Harrogate 2017

What really happened to Sarah Cook?

A beautiful blonde teenager, Sarah Cook disappeared fifteen years ago, the same night her parents were brutally murdered in their suburban Ohio home. Her boyfriend Brad Stockton - black and from the wrong side of the tracks - was convicted of the murders and sits on death row, though he always maintained his innocence. As his execution nears, his devoted sister, insisting she has spotted Sarah at a local gas station, hires PI Roxane Weary to look at this cold case.

Reeling from the recent death of her cop father, Roxane is drawn to the story of Sarah´s disappearance, especially when she suspects a link between it and one of her father´s unsolved murder cases. Despite her self-destructive tendencies, Roxane starts to hope that she can save Brad´s life and her own.

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Seriously this is a must read. I loved it. Martina Cole

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Kristen Lepionka grew up mostly in a public library and could often be found in the adult mystery section well before she was out of middle school. Her writing has been selected for Shotgun Honey, McSweeney´s Internet Tendency, Grift, and Black Elephant. She lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her partner and two cats.

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