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- ISBN 9781035028528
- Dimensions: 153 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 23 Jul 2026
- Publisher: Pan Macmillan
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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How do you catch a serial killer when no-one believes you’re telling the truth?
Wales, 1984.
Llanfair's most notorious busybody, Debbie-Marie Tunstall, has really gone and done it this time. Her snooping and merciless announcements of observations written in her Kajagoogoo notebook have gotten her into so much trouble that even her mum can't defend her. She has no choice but to run away.
And then finds herself the sole witness to a murder.
From a decades-old tragedy to the immediate danger of a potential serial killer on the loose, Debbie takes it upon herself to piece together the mysteries. But even if she uncovers the truth, will anyone believe the village’s biggest tell-tale?
Because in Llanfair, secrets are buried just beneath the surface, and what Debbie has inadvertently stumbled upon could unravel the very fabric of her community . . .
Praise for Claire Parkin:
‘Outrageously readable’ – Daily Mail
‘Beautifully written, dark, twisted and often funny’ – Charlotte Levin
‘Dark and twisted, comic and toxic. I loved it!’ – Jenny Colgan
Claire Parkin was born in 1969 and brought up in Dinas Powys – a village in the Vale of Glamorgan conveniently sandwiched between the beautiful city of Cardiff and the Barry Island funfair. She was a pupil at St Cyres Comprehensive School, Penarth, before studying English at King’s College London, graduating with an MA in nineteenth-century English and American literature.
She worked as a journalist on women’s magazines for many years, turning her hand to pretty much anything – from interviewing boxing champs and war correspondents to learning how to pole dance and the correct way to iron a shirt.
She turned to fiction after the birth of her twin son and daughter. Three of her short stories have been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize. She is the author of The Final Hours of Muriel Hinchcliffe and Tell Tale.
Claire lives in London with her husband and children.
