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  • Published: 19 April 2018
  • ISBN: 9781405926836
  • Imprint: Penguin Audio
  • Format: Audio Download

Paper Ghosts

The unputdownable chilling thriller from The Sunday Times bestselling author of Black Eyed Susans

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16 Apr 2018
Audiobook
19 Apr 2018
Paperback
3 Dec 2018
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The follow-up to Sunday Times number 2 bestseller and Radio 2 book club pick Black-Eyed Susans

Carl Louis Feldman is an old man who was once a celebrated photographer.

That was before he was tried for the murder of a young woman and acquitted.

Before his admission to a care home for dementia.

Now his daughter has come to see him, to take him on a trip.

Only she's not his daughter and, if she has her way, he's not coming back . . .

Because Carl's past has finally caught up with him. The young woman driving the car is convinced her passenger is guilty, and that he's killed other young women. Including her sister Rachel.

Now they're following the trail of his photographs, his clues, his alleged crimes. To see if he remembers any of it. Confesses to any of it. To discover what really happened to Rachel.

Has Carl truly forgotten what he did or is he just pretending? Perhaps he's guilty of nothing and she's the liar.

Either way in driving him into the Texan wilderness she's taking a terrible risk.

For if Carl really is a serial killer, she's alone in the most dangerous place of all . . .
  • Published: 19 April 2018
  • ISBN: 9781405926836
  • Imprint: Penguin Audio
  • Format: Audio Download
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About the author

Julia Heaberlin

Julia Heaberlin grew up in Decatur, Texas, a small town that sits under a big sky. It provided a dreamy girl with a great library, a character behind every door, and as many secrets as she'd find anyplace else. An award-winning journalist, she has worked as an editor at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the Dallas Morning News and the Detroit News. Black-Eyed Susans is her third psychological thriller set in Texas. She lives near Dallas/Fort Worth with her husband and has a son who attends the University of Texas at Austin. She is currently at work on her next novel of suspense.

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Also by Julia Heaberlin

We Are All the Same in the Dark
Night Will Find You
Black-Eyed Susans
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Praise for Paper Ghosts

Praise for Black-Eyed Susans

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Creepy and compelling, Black-Eyed Susans is a shadowy and crooked journey to a very dark place indeed, a twisty fairytale that deceives you just when you think you've cracked it and a thriller to make you remember why you love thrillers. Don't miss it

Observer, Thriller of the Month

Black Eyed Susans is a compelling read, especially for Serial fans

Cosmopolitan

Black-Eyed Susans is a masterful thriller that shouldn't be missed . . . and in terms of suspense, characterizations and storytelling... is outstanding. Heaberlin's work calls to mind that of Gillian Flynn. Both writers published impressive early novels that were largely overlooked, and then one that couldn't be: Flynn's Gone Girl and now Heaberlin's Black-Eyed Susans. Don't miss it

Washington Post

A truly compelling tale of the fragility of memory and elusive redemption

Kirkus Reviews

It's a terrific plot, matched by the quality of the writing and superbly paced tension

The Times BOOK OF THE MONTH

One of the classiest thrillers you'll read this year

Charlotte Heathcote, The Express

Sophisticated, disturbing and with plenty of red herrings

Woman and Home

Terrific. Impeccable plotting

Barry Forshaw

This book haunted me. Such a gripping exploration of obsession and loss: of those we love, but also our memories and sense of self. The writing is beautiful and chilling, laced with a subtle dark humour, and the multiple twists build to a perfect icy shiver of an ending. I loved it!

C J Tudor, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Chalk Man

Utterly compelling . . . the writing is mesmeric

Ali Land, Sunday Times bestselling author of Good Me Bad Me