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  • Published: 1 June 2012
  • ISBN: 9781742752099
  • Imprint: Random House Australia
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400

Niceville



Welcome to Niceville, a sleepy, old-fashioned hamlet in America's Deep South. But don't be fooled by its pleasant exterior. 'Stephen King meets Twin Peaks' in this chilling thriller with a horror twist...

Welcome to Niceville, a sleepy, old-fashioned hamlet in America's Deep South. But don't be fooled by its pleasant exterior. 'Stephen King meets Twin Peaks' in this chilling thriller with a horror twist...

When ten-year-old Rainey Teague disappears on his way home from school, Detective Nick Kavanaugh and his team are baffled. CCTV shows Rainey staring into the window of a pawn shop – he’s there one minute and simply gone the next.

And that is only the beginning of the nightmare as a chain of terrifying events has been triggered in idyllic Niceville.

As Nick struggles to uncover what happened to Rainey, his investigation takes him deep into the history of Niceville and it soon becomes clear that there’s a much higher than average rate of abductions in this town. And there’ll be more victims to come…

  • Published: 1 June 2012
  • ISBN: 9781742752099
  • Imprint: Random House Australia
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400

About the author

Carsten Stroud

Carsten Stroud is a seasoned writer of fiction and non-fiction, including the true-crime account Close Pursuit, a New York Times bestseller when it was published almost twenty-five years ago. His novels include Sniper's Moon, Lizardskin, Black Water Transit, Cuba Strait, Cobraville.

He lives in Toronto.

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Praise for Niceville

Terrific dialogue, oddball characters, and a wild story make this a great read.

Elmore Leonard