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The Man on Hackpen Hill

An original, intelligent and twisty thriller set in rural Wiltshire. A dead body in a crop circle sends a coded message. Can DI Silas Hart uncover the chilling truth before its too late?

It isn't unusual for crop circles to appear overnight on Hackpen Hill. In this part of Wiltshire, where golden wheat fields stretch for miles, the locals have got used to discovering strange mathematical patterns stamped into the earth.

But this time, it's different. Not only because this particular design of dramatic spiralling hexagons has never been seen before. But because of the dead body positioned precisely in the centre of the circle. DI Silas Hart, of Swindon Police, is at a loss.

Only Jim, a scientist at secretive government laboratory Porton Down, knows the chilling truth about the man on Hackpen Hill. And he wants Bella, a trainee journalist on her first ever story, to tell the world. But Silas has other ideas – and a boss intent on a cover up.

As Bella and Jim race against time, dark forces conspire against them, leading them to confront the reality of their own past and a world in which nothing is as it seems.

Reviews for J.S. Monroe:

'Full of unpredictable twists' The Times

'Intricately woven and heart-stoppingly believable' Clare Mackintosh

'The most ingenious thriller you will read this year' M.J. Arlidge

'Cunning, captivating and creepy' J.P. Delaney

'A tightly coiled and crafted plot' Daily Mail

'Pacy and propulsive' Daily Telegraph

'You won't be able to turn the pages fast enough' Heat

'Clever, imaginative and unusual' Daily Mail


Author:

  • J.S. Monroe

Narrators:

  • Fran Burgoyne
  • Malk Williams
  • Sam Stafford

Format:

  • Audiobook

Duration:

  • 11 h 17 min

Language:

English


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    J.S. Monroe

    J.S. Monroe, the writing name of a well-known British author and journalist, read English at Cambridge University, worked as a freelance journalist in London and was a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4. He was also a foreign correspondent in Delhi for the Daily Telegraph and was on its staff in London as weekend editor. He is the author of five other novels and lives in Wiltshire, England, with his wife and their three children.

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