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'A remarkable suspense debut... exciting and unsettling.' A.J. Finn, author of The Woman in the Window

He won't rest until he finds out the truth...

Cal Lovett is obsessed with finding justice for the families of missing people. His true crime podcast is his way of helping others, even if…

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1 author picked Unsolved as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Darker than the others on my list, this is a dip into the world of true crime podcasts and a really twisty, edgy read.

The main character, Cal Lovett, is passionate about justice, and about getting to the root of a crime – not just for the family and the people involved, but for doing the right thing.

This book kept me awake until I’d finished it, and blew me away by the end.

The word ‘gripping’ is massively overused in crime fiction reviews but Unsolved is as gripping as a gripping thing that grips the reader. Hard.

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On a small, isolated island, in a reclusive forest, lives bandit leader Marani and her brother Jacks. With their outlaw band they rob from the rich to feed themselves, raiding carriages and dodging the occasional vindictive…

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