{"product_id":"the-third-girl-an-absolutely-nail-biting-crime-thriller-9781805731245","title":"The Third Girl: An absolutely nail-biting crime thriller","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTwenty-five years ago, I escaped. One of us didn't.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe were best friends - Penelope, Emily and me - growing up in the picture-perfect town of Tranquility Ridge. Pine-lined streets, quaint diners, creaky porch swings. The kind of place nothing bad is supposed to happen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the night before my seventeenth birthday, everything changed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmily invited us to a party.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThat's when we were taken.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI woke up shackled to a rusted metal bed. My wrists bled. 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Excellent writing and storytelling.' Tabitha\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I was \u003cstrong\u003eabsolutely gripped\u003c\/strong\u003e right from the very start.' Kirsty M.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-15115779\"\u003eS. C. 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