{"product_id":"9780008618537","title":"The Seventh Victim","description":"\u003ch2\u003eFrom the bestselling author of the DCI Matilda Darke series comes a standalone thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page…\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Dark, twisting and captivating. \u003cstrong\u003eThe very essence of the just-one-more-page thriller\u003c\/strong\u003e’ Will Carver\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Wood gets better with every book. \u003cstrong\u003eI couldn’t let go\u003c\/strong\u003e of this tragedy of loss and deception from the moment I picked it up’ Alex Marwood, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Island of Lost Girls\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a cold February afternoon in 1990, seven-year-old Danny Redpath disappeared from his home. Four months later, his body was found in the nearby forest, wrapped in a sheet and washed clean of all evidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eApprehended while attempting to abduct another child, Jonathan Egan-Walsh was charged with the murders of more than a dozen boys. Convicted on all counts, he received life in prison and went unrepentant, still refusing to reveal the whereabouts of one of his victims, Zachery Marshall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty-five years later, Zachery’s mother Diane is still searching for his body. When Jonathan dies in custody, she realises she will never know its location – until she receives a letter he left in his cell, in which he admits he was guilty of all the crimes of which he was accused, except the murder of her son…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A \u003cstrong\u003etwisty\u003c\/strong\u003e, gripping read takes us inside the mind of a perverted serial killer. It \u003cstrong\u003epulls no punches\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the final scenes come as a real shock’ David Young\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Immersive and \u003cstrong\u003edarkly devious with sly twists\u003c\/strong\u003e and a compelling protagonist’ Neil Broadfoot\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘If you like your crime books \u003cstrong\u003eintense\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003echaracter-driven\u003c\/strong\u003e and with regular punches to the gut, this is for you’ Louise Swanson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eReaders love \u003cem\u003eThe Seventh Victim\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘You can't go wrong with a Michael Wood book. His Matilda Darke series is \u003cstrong\u003esuperb\u003c\/strong\u003e and so is this his first standalone’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cstrong\u003eDark\u003c\/strong\u003e and twisted’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘This book \u003cstrong\u003ehad me gripped\u003c\/strong\u003e and reading through the night’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘This is \u003cstrong\u003eone of the darkest books I've read for a very long time\u003c\/strong\u003e, but Michael in his usual way handles it brilliantly’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cstrong\u003eMy new favourite author\u003c\/strong\u003e’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cstrong\u003eUtterly fantastic\u003c\/strong\u003e’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cstrong\u003eFast-paced\u003c\/strong\u003e’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003cbr\u003e‘Bleak and \u003cstrong\u003echilling\u003c\/strong\u003e… highly recommended’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Wood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47267873521813,"sku":"9780008618537","price":6.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008618537.png?v=1776890070","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008618537","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}