Black River
‘A peerless exercise in suspense.’ Financial Times
‘Eerie, unnerving and buckets of fun.’ Observer Thriller of the Month
‘BRILLIANT central character.’ Ann Cleeves, author of the Vera Stanhope novels
‘Once again, I LOVED it!!!’ Marian Keyes, author of The Break
Black River is an electrifying return for relentless reporter Tuva Moodyson, from the author of Dark Pines and Red Snow.
FEAR
Tuva’s been living clean in southern Sweden for four months when she receives horrifying news. Her best friend Tammy Yamnim is missing.
SECRETS
Racing back to Gavrik at the height of Midsommar, Tuva fears for Tammy’s life. Who has taken her, and why? And who is sabotaging the small-town search efforts?
LIES
Surrounded by dark pine forest, the sinister residents of Snake River are suspicious of outsiders. Unfortunately, they also hold all the answers. On the shortest night of the year, Tuva must fight to save her friend. The only question is who will be there to save Tuva?
WILL DEAN grew up in the East Midlands and now lives at the centre of a vast elk forest in Sweden. Collectively the Tuva Moodyson books have been selected for Zoe Ball’s ITV Book Club, shortlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, shortlisted for the Guardian Not the Booker prize, and won Best Independent Voice at the Amazon Publishing Readers’ Awards. The series is optioned for television by Red Planet. Will is also the author of The Last Thing to Burn (Hodder) and First Born (Hodder). You can find him on Twitter and Instagram @willrdean and on TikTok as will_dean_author, and he posts regularly about reading and writing on YouTube as Will Dean – Forest Author. #TeamTuva