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Bleak Harbor

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That ol’ chestnut, the missing teenager plotline, has been rolled out again but prepare for something a bit different in this stand alone tale from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist turned author Bryan Gruley. Autistic 15-year-old Danny has gone missing from his home in Bleak Harbor, Michigan and a ransom demand for the decidedly odd sum of $5,150,122.98 follows his disappearance. It’s just one in a long line of quirky details that keep you guessing right to the end of this tricksy, twisty and hugely entertaining book in which everyone, but everyone, has something to hide. You have been warned… Read the full review here.


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