Truth or Dare (35 page)

CHOKED

TANIA CARVER

 

‘I have something you’ve lost,’ the voice said. ‘Your daughter.’

The honeymoon is over for newlywed criminologist Marina Esposito. Her house is in flames. Her husband is in a coma. Her baby daughter is missing. And then her phone rings…

The voice on the other end wants to play a game. If Marina completes a series of bizarre tasks within three days, she wins her daughter’s life. If she fails, her little girl dies. The clock starts now.

In a desperate race against time, Marina begins to suspect that the madman is someone she knows – someone with a past as troubled as her own. But the truth is far darker than she imagines…

‘The best in the series so far. Gruesome and fast-paced, with Carver’s trademark staccato sentences and plenty of suspense, this is definitely a white-knuckle read’
Guardian

THE CREEPER

TANIA CARVER

 

Suzanne Perry is having a vivid nightmare. Someone is in her bedroom, touching her, and she can’t move a muscle. She wakes, relieved to put the nightmare behind her, but when she opens the curtains, she sees a polaroid stuck to the window. A photo of her sleeping self, taken during the night. And underneath, the words:
I’m watching over you
. Her nightmare isn’t over. In fact, it’s just beginning.

Detective Inspector Phil Brennan of the Major Incident Squad has a killer to hunt. A killer who stalks young women, insinuates himself into their lives, and ultimately tortures and murders them in the most shocking way possible. But the more Phil investigates, the more he delves into the twisted psychology of his quarry, Phil realises that it isn’t just a serial killer he’s hunting but something – or someone – infinitely more calculating and horrific. And much closer to home than he realised…

‘Tania Carver [is] a bright new talent when it comes to edge-of-your-seat suspense’
Bella