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The Detective
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For 150 years, women have been going missing.And all of the investigators who went in search of them - from 1877 to the present day - have disappeared, too.Now Sam Speedman, a most unique private detective, is on the case.Brilliant, direct and disarming, Sam is ......
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Description
For 150 years, women have been going missing.
And all of the investigators who went in search of them - from 1877 to the present day - have disappeared, too.
Now Sam Speedman, a most unique private detective, is on the case.
Brilliant, direct and disarming, Sam is ... different. He's not your average private detective. But then again, this isn't your average case.
For not even he will be prepared for what he will find.
Set in the darkest corners of the American South, tapping into hot-button issues that simmer beneath the surface of the modern United States, this is Matthew Reilly writing faster and bolder than ever before, bringing you a detective thriller like no other.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781761260773
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 21 October 2025
Country: Australia
Imprint: Macmillan Australia
DIMENSIONS
Width: 154.0mm
Height: 233.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 400
About the Author
Matthew Reilly is the internationally bestselling author of the Scarecrow series, the Jack West series and numerous standalone novels. His books are published in over 20 languages with worldwide sales of over 8 million copies. He directed the no.1 Netflix film Interceptor, which he co-wrote with Stuart Beattie.
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