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    "collection_title": "Detective Carrie Flynn",
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    "description": "\u2018Hattie!\u2019 Carrie called, an edge to her voice. \u2018Hattie, this isn\u2019t funny, come out now.\u2019 Carrie moved forward through the woods on shaking legs. She tried calling, shouting, screaming, but everything was quiet. Her little sister was gone.\n\nDetective Carrie Flynn\u2019s sister Hattie was kidnapped when they were both just little girls, but the face of the man who took her is a blank in Carrie\u2019s memory. After the police never found the culprit, Carrie swore she would become a detective.\n\nTwenty years later, when eleven-year-old Melanie Wilson, a quiet girl who loves books, is reported missing, Carrie drowns in memories of her lost sister. Searching for Melanie, Carrie finds grainy black-and-white footage of the young girl with her parents at a harbour, boarding a boat and disappearing. Carrie realises they have headed for a deserted wasteland, the river island Pomona. What could make a family so desperate to escape their home?\n\nThen the police receive a mysterious message from another young woman, calling from the same docks where Melanie vanished: I gave you his name, where to find him, but you did nothing. My blood is on your hands.\n\nCarrie is sure Melanie and her family are in terrible danger. She knows what it\u2019s like to have the authorities give up on you, and something in the voice sounds horribly familiar. It may have nothing to do with her lost little sister, but she will never ignore a plea for help.\n\nTo find Melanie, Carrie must unlock the memories she has buried for years \u2013 but will it be too late? Can Carrie use her own demons to bring Melanie home safely and finally get justice for her beloved sister?\n\nThis absolutely unputdownable thriller will keep you up all night until you reach the final heart-stopping page! Perfect for fans of Angela Marsons, Val McDermid and Lisa Regan.\n",
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