Blood Traces (Rees and Khan thriller, Book 2)

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*Previously published in hardback as The Clearing*From the author of the Sanctus series comes a brilliant new serial killer thriller featuring forensic specialist Dr Laughton Rees and Detective Inspector Tannahill Khan

The ending is genuinely one of the most jaw-dropping ones Ive read in a long time. Absolutely superb. M.W. Craven

Unnerved me to my core Sam Holland

Scared the bloody daylights out of me. The very definition of haunting Helen Fields

In the spirit of Patricia Cornwells Kay Scarpetta Everything here suggests that Rees merits a long series run. Publishers Weekly

Women are going missing

Something deadly lurks in the forest around Cinderfield. Locals put the unusually high number of disappearances down to transients or runaways; some even blame the Cinderman, a figure of local legend rumoured to haunt the woods looking for unsuspecting victims.

Vanishing without a trace

Forensic specialist Laughton Rees doesnt believe in monsters. Already investigating the areas history of missing women, news of the latest runaway Maddie Friar brings her to Cinderfield to find out the truth.

No ones talking

But, from the gruff leader of an off-grid commune to the mysterious Earl who presides over the crumbling abbey in the heart of the forest, everyone in Cinderfield has something to hide

But what lies in the shadows

As Laughton searches for answers, with the help of DCI Tannahil Khan back in London, someone is watching cataloguing her every move, prepared to do anything to keep their dark secrets from coming to light

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Nail-biting and as haunting as the forest itself. Daily Mail

Everything you would expect from a thriller and then some Central Bylines

Beginning with a creepy abduction that unnerved me to my core, The Clearing follows an unsettling case where old myths and new greed collide. A welcome return for Laughton Rees and DCI Tannahill, getting to know them again as they reach the next stage of their budding relationship. Sam Holland

Scared the bloody daylights out of me. The very definition of haunting. Toyne is a guru of suspense writing, and this is him at the top of his craft. Makes for a breath-taking read. Helen Fields

Simon Toyne is one of the best storytellers writing today, but even by his high standards, The Clearing is something really special. In a story where not everything is as it seems, and as creeping death stalks the claustrophobic Forest of Dean, the returning Laughton Rees desperately searches for a missing girl, unaware that there are much bigger things at stake than the maybe-not-a-myth Cinderman. The pacing is frantic but not rushed, the tension is almost unbearable, and the ending is genuinely one of the most jaw-dropping ones Ive read in a long time. Absolutely superb. M.W. Craven

In the spirit of Patricia Cornwells Kay Scarpetta Toyne makes the most of her creepy setting, and effectively conceals the truth behind the legend of the Cinderman until shes ready to reveal it. Everything here suggests that Rees merits a long series run. Publishers Weekly

THE CLEARING is a spine-chilling, creepy-suspenseful mystery masterpiece! This book had me hooked right to the end. I loved it! Steph Broadribb

Author Bio

Simon Toyne is the bestselling author of the Sanctus trilogy: Sanctus, The Key and The Tower. He wrote Sanctus after quitting his job as a TV executive to focus on writing. It was the biggest selling debut thriller of 2011 in the UK and an international bestseller. His books have been translated into 27 languages and published in over 50 countries. The Boy Who Saw is the second book in a new series of epic thrillers that will span the world and centre around the enigmatic Solomon Creed. Simon lives with his family in Brighton and the South of France.