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Isolated

by M. A. Hunter

A cold case rooted in a vanished girl and an old military-base mystery

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A cold case rooted in a vanished girl and an old military-base mystery

The second Missing Children Case Files novel returns investigative journalist Emma Hunter to a 15-year-old disappearance near a Dorset army base. What began as a truth-or-dare game in a forest left one of four girls missing, with only a breach in the base perimeter and unanswered questions behind. As Emma works alongside reporter Rachel and cold-case specialist Jack, clues including a blood-marked Wiccan map and references to an ancient ritual connect the case to a wider pattern. The book frames its investigation around abduction, betrayal, and the long aftermath of an unresolved disappearance.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Adult mystery readers interested in cold cases
  • Fans of investigative-journalist protagonists
  • Readers seeking crime fiction involving missing-person investigations

Themes

Cold casesMissing childrenAbductionBetrayalRitual and secrecy

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Book overview

The Missing Children Case Files: Case 2

'Mind-blowingly addictive!' Samantha Lee Howe, USA Today-bestselling author of The Stranger in Our Bed

A bloody pig's head nailed to a wall...

Investigate journalist Emma Hunter is in the thick of another cold case featuring a game of truth or dare in a dark forest by a Dorset army base 15 years ago that went horribly wrong. Four girls went in, only three came out.

A Wiccan map splattered with red ink...

Wreathed in mist and memory, the barracks offered no remains of any kind, just a hole in the perimeter fence and years of unanswered questions.

An ancient ritual drenched in death...

But when Emma teams up with fellow firebrand reporter Rachel and whip-smart cold case expert Jack, she soon discovers it wasn't a game at all as a grand and sinister pattern begins to unfurl around them.

Jessica Fletcher meets Taken... The second explosive instalment in The Missing Children Case Files is an unputdownable crime thriller of abduction, betrayal, and isolation, perfect for fans of J M Dalgliesh and Michael Connelly.

Praise for The Missing Children Case Files:

'Wow! What an incredible start to this series. Kept me guessing throughout and I raced to the end - and what an ending! Can't wait for the next instalment!' Caz Finlay, bestselling author of the Bad Blood series

'Hunter serves up an auspicious and gripping start to a darkly thrilling new series and I can't wait to get hold of the next one!' R. J. Parker, bestselling author of The Dinner Party

'A solid 5 star read from me... Highly recommended to fans of crime fiction' Rebecca Kelly, author of Monstrous Souls

'A captivating book that kept me riveted and left me immediately wanting to read the next in the series' Ella Allbright, author of The Last Charm

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