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The Search Party
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Shortlisted for the 2024 Ned Kelly Awards, Best International Crime Fiction You are invited to: The Search Party Join six old friends for one wild weekend at Cornwall’s newest glamping spot. The guests: The anxious hosts with everything at stake. The boho hippies concealing a private...
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See moreFive old friends reunite for an idyllic glamping holiday on the rugged Cornwall coast, but tensions rise when a storm leaves them stranded and someone goes missing.
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Shortlisted for the 2024 Ned Kelly Awards, Best International Crime Fiction
You are invited to:
The Search Party
Join six old friends for one wild weekend at Cornwall’s newest glamping spot.
The guests:
- The anxious hosts with everything at stake.
- The boho hippies concealing a private darkness.
- The TV celebrity with his hot new wife and an even hotter temper.
- The exhausted new parents with a secret to hide.
- The one that won’t make it home alive . . .
The tents are up. The bonfire is lit. Get ready for one hell of a party.
The Search Party pitches you forward from the first page, sending you rushing headlong towards its thrilling conclusion.
Hayley Scrivenor, bestselling author of Dirt Town
I couldn’t put it down.
Mark Brandi, bestselling author of Wimmera
... thoroughly gripping from start to finish.
Anna Downes, bestselling author of The Safe Place
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781761631542
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 December 2024
Country: Australia
Imprint: Simon & Schuster Australia
DIMENSIONS
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 416
About the Author
Hannah Richell was born in Kent, United Kingdom, and spent her childhood years in Buckinghamshire and Canada. After graduating from the University of Nottingham, she worked in the book publishing and film industries in both London and Sydney. She is a dual citizen of Great Britain and Australia, and currently lives in the southwest of England with her family. She is the author of several international bestsellers, such as The Search Party and One Dark Night. Her work has been translated into twenty-one languages. Find out more at HannahRichell.com.
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