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The Darkening Paperback – 10 December 2009

by Stephen M. Irwin (Author)

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After his wife's sudden death, Nick Close has decided to leave London and return to Australia, hoping that distance will bring oblivion. But Tallong, his run-down childhood home, doesn't hold much comfort either: Thirty years ago, he and his best friend Tristram were lured into the woods at the edge of town. Tristram was murdered while Nick escaped.
As Nick drives the back road home from the airport, he is disturbed to find the woods still looming darkly in the distance. A strange sense of menace and foreboding overshadows his homecoming and Nick's uneasiness grows when another child is found murdered a few days later, his death almost identical to Tristram's. Probing quietly and carefully into the shadows of the small community, Nick uncovers a long string of unexplained disappearances and brutal deaths, some over 100 years old - and every killing seems to lead back into the twisted maze of the woods. But there is one other connection. Drawn into the woods once again, Nick suddenly realises that it wasn't Tristram who was meant to die thirty years ago...

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Paperback : 400 pages
ISBN-13 : 978-0751543964
ISBN-10 : 0751543969
Dimensions : 19.9 x 2.7 x 13 cm
Publisher : Sphere (10 December 2009)
Language: : English

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This chilling tale is full of mysterious characters (Star Magazine)

Irwin's debut is gripping and not a little freaky (Esquire)

Subtle, insidious and downright creepy (Guardian)

Brilliant...A gripping rollercoaster journey that you'll remember for days - and nights - to come (She)

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A compulsively gripping supernatural thriller for fans of The Birthing House

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Best Read This Year

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 June 2015

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Wonderfully written, just couldn't put it down. Story was really gripping. Although it took a while for it to get going everything tied in really well at the end. Wish I was just starting to read it all over again....and will do at a later date, which is something I never say.

Dale

A good, spooky read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 January 2017

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A decent supernatural thriller. Would definitely recommend and it's creepy

Joy

Suspense abounds.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 May 2016

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Very spooky indeed. Keep away from the woods very good advice!! Well worth a read or three!

jonnys22

Struggled at the beginning, but it was worth getting through.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 March 2014

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Don't normally go for this genre, but went for something different. Not too scary, but still worth a read. I enjoyed the characters and there was one or two laugh out loud bits.

paul & lynnette

beware

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 March 2014

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This is the first book i have read from this author - but be aware as this is the same as his other book called The Dead Path!!

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