The Seventh Victim

Michael Wood

May 2023 · Sold by HarperCollins UK

About this ebook

From the bestselling author of the DCI Matilda Darke series comes a standalone thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page...

‘Dark, twisting and captivating. The very essence of the just-one-more-page thriller’ Will Carver

‘Wood gets better with every book. I couldn’t let go of this tragedy of loss and deception from the moment I picked it up’ Alex Marwood, author of The Island of Lost Girls

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On a cold February afternoon in 1990, seven-year-old Danny Redpath disappeared from his home. Four months later, his body was found in the nearby forest, wrapped in a sheet and washed clean of all evidence.

Apprehended while attempting to abduct another child, Jonathan Egan-Walsh was charged with the murders of more than a dozen boys. Convicted on all counts, he received life in prison and went unrepentant, still refusing to reveal the whereabouts of one of his victims, Zachery Marshall.

Twenty-five years later, Zachery’s mother Diane is still searching for his body. When Jonathan dies in custody, she realises she will never know its location – until she receives a letter he left in his cell, in which he admits he was guilty of all the crimes of which he was accused, except the murder of her son...

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‘A twisty, gripping read takes us inside the mind of a perverted serial killer. It pulls no punches, and the final scenes come as a real shock’ David Young

‘Immersive and darkly devious with sly twists and a compelling protagonist’ Neil Broadfoot

‘If you like your crime books intense, character-driven and with regular punches to the gut, this is for you’ Louise Swanson

Readers love The Seventh Victim:

‘You can't go wrong with a Michael Wood book. His Matilda Darke series is superb and so is this his first standalone’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Dark and twisted’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘This book had me gripped and reading through the night’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘This is one of the darkest books I've read for a very long time, but Michael in his usual way handles it brilliantly’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘My new favourite author’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Utterly fantastic’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Fast-paced’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Bleak and chilling... highly recommended’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Ratings and reviews

A good read. I will definitely read more books by this author

loved this book couldn't put it down

About the author

Michael Wood is a freelance journalist and proofreader living in Newcastle. As a journalist he covered many crime stories throughout Sheffield, gaining first-hand knowledge of police procedure. He also reviews books for CrimeSquad, a website dedicated to crime fiction.