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Ghost Girl
Ghost Girl
Ghost Girl
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FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE DETECTIVE'S DAUGHTER.

Seven cryptic photographs. A decades-old case. Can one woman find a killer?

Before his death, Terry Darnell was a famous detective. His daughter Stella, a cleaner, has inherited his methodical mind. She has also inherited a strange case file: seven photographs of empty streets. Why did her father keep them for so many years?

One photo dates from 1966, to a day when a young girl witnessed something that would haunt her forever.

As Stella scrubs away at the truth, the events of that day begin to haunt her too...

THE DETECTIVE'S DAUGHTER SERIES:
The Detective's Daughter.

Ghost Girl.

The Detective's Secret.

The House With No Rooms.

The Dog Walker.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateApr 10, 2014
ISBN9781781857663
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Lesley Thomson

Lesley Thomson grew up in west London. Her first novel, A Kind of Vanishing, won the People's Book Prize in 2010. Her second novel, The Detective's Daughter, was a #1 bestseller and the resulting series has sold over 750,000 copies. Lesley divides her time between Sussex and Gloucestershire. She lives with her partner and her dog. Visit her website at www.lesleythomson.co.uk.

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