The town has secrets and they seem to centre on the enigmatic Samuel Nightmesser, its wealthy benefactor. Yet he is not quite who he says he is.Īs the locals begin to resent her presence in the town, danger quickly mounts. She befriends a man who might help her cause. Lucy tries to enlist the help of the local police, but she is met with hostility. It’s a rural backwater deep in the forests of south western Australia.

When she sets out to find him, the trail takes her to Night Town. The rugged, uncompromising landscape is a graphic backdrop for stories that explore tested relationships, cruelty and revenge, and human resolve.A young drifter is in deep trouble, his sister is his only hope. It is a standalone, but you can also read about Lucy’s backstory in the bestseller SMALL TOWN NIGHTMARE, which is FREE with Kindle Unlimited and available in paperback.Īnna Willett is the author of several crime thrillers set around Perth in the south west of Australia. If you enjoy suspense thrillers you are in for a treat with COLD VALLEY NIGHTMARE.

Can she find Clem? Can she find an inner peace? Can she let Damon in? In so doing, she will stumble across criminal activity that will put her in serious danger.īut it will also stretch her fledgling relationship to Damon, the only person she has ever really trusted. Refusing to believe that Clem is dead, Lucy begins a search that will take her into the seedier side of a rural community with many secrets. Having lost her own parents young, and nearly lost her brother, she hopes it will help her to exorcise her own demons.

There she finds a strong connection to the boy’s mother, and determines to find Clem no matter the cost. No stranger to missing person cases, Damon agrees to let his partner, Lucy, interview the family. When the police begin to suspect the boy’s step-father, his lawyer hires Damon, a specialist private investigator, to help defend him. The Australian bush is unforgiving, and there is not much hope when a four-year-old boy, Clem, apparently disappears into it without a trace. A troubled past resurfaces when an investigative journalist agrees to help find a missing child.

Small Town Nightmare by Anna Willett