The Final Days - Hardcover

Chance, Alex

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0434017752 ISBN 13: 9780434017751

Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

It started with a child's letter. Karen Wiley, recently qualified San Francisco psychologist, thought she understood moral dilemma. A tormented past, an ugly divorce, and a troubled eleven-year-old daughter have given her more life experience than she ever wanted. Now, somewhere out there, an anonymous child has begun to cry to her for help. No-one Karen knows is in trouble. But the letters keep coming. Then something far, far worse. Until the terror in the Trueblood trailer, Ella McCullers, first female police chief of Canaan, Utah, believed she knew crises of faith. Abruptly promoted to senior investigator in the state's most high-profile kidnapping case, her only leads are a decaying tombstone, a missing cat, and a little mute girl with ghastly, formless nightmares. In truth, it began with The Cult of the Final Days, and the long-buried history of the killings in the canyons. Now Karen Wiley must cross the desert wilderness to hear the incredible story of an astonishing survivor, and to play a deadly game disguised as a righteous quest for the truth. Powerful, hypnotic and terrifying, "The Final Days" is the stunning debut by a chillingly brilliant new voice in thriller writing.

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About the Author

Alex Chance was born in 1979 in Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, and was educated in Nottinghamshire and at Goldsmiths College, University of London. He lives in West London. The Final Days is his first novel.

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It started with a letter, in the handwriting of a child - o god help me hes going to hurt me if you dont do what he says. Karen Wiley, recently qualified San Francisco psychologist, thought she understood moral dilemma. A tormented past, a sister lost in childhood to random atrocity, an ugly divorce, a precocious eleven-year-old daughter. he says hes going to hurt me. No-one Karen knows has been kidnapped. If the police are powerless, is it her responsibility? The letters keep coming. Then far, far worse. Because there is a child out there.

It started in an old Mormon mining town, with a history darkly hidden. A fool leaves his young daughters alone in a rotting trailer park. He returns to find one of them gone, the other seeping blood into thin carpet, brains bulging through the hole in her head. he knows where you are now I had to give it to him im so sorry. Ella McCullers, first female Police Chief of Canaan, Utah, believed she knew crises of faith. Abruptly promoted to lead investigator in the state's most high-profile kidnapping case, her only leads are a decaying tombstone, a butchered cat, and a little mute girl with ghastly, formless nightmares. Secretly, Ella suspects the worst, that God is abandoning them all. Because there is a serial killer. And he isn't going to stop.

It started in the Canyonlands with a violent cult, a depraved monstrousness unleashed upon the innocent and the misled. daddy says go to the church of the final days. Now, the last survivor has a story to tell and Karen Wiley is coerced into the unforgiving desert wilderness by a deadly game disguised as a righteous quest for the truth.

Edition details

• Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0434017752
• ISBN 13: 9780434017751
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 464