{"product_id":"changeling-book-matt-wesolowski-9781912374571","title":"Changeling","description":"\u003cb\u003eElusive online journalist Scott King investigates another cold case – the disappearance of a seven-year-old boy from his father’s car on Christmas Eve – in an intensely dark, deeply chilling and searingly thought-provoking thriller, in another episode of Six Stories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e***LONGLISTED for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year***\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e***SHORTLISTED for Best Thriller at the Amazon Publishing Readers’ Awards 2019***\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e***SHORTLISTED for Best Independent Voice at the Amazon Publishing Readers’ Awards 2019***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Insidiously terrifying, with possibly the creepiest woods since \u003ci\u003eThe Blair Witch Project\u003c\/i\u003e … a genuine chiller with a whammy of an ending’ \u003cb\u003eC J Tudor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Frighteningly wonderful … one of the best books I’ve read in years’ \u003cb\u003eKhurrum Rahman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e’A creepy, chilling read that is ridiculously difficult to put down’ \u003cb\u003eLuca Veste\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA missing child\u003cbr\u003eA family in denial\u003cbr\u003eSix witnesses\u003cbr\u003eSix stories\u003cbr\u003eWhich one is true?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn Christmas Eve in 1988, seven-year-old Alfie Marsden vanished in the dark Wentshire Forest Pass, when his father, Sorrel, stopped the car to investigate a mysterious knocking sound. No trace of the child, nor his remains, have ever been found. Alfie Marsden was declared officially dead in 1995.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElusive online journalist, Scott King, whose ‘Six Stories’ podcasts have become an internet sensation, investigates the disappearance, interviewing six witnesses, including Sorrel and his ex-partner, to try to find out what really happened that fateful night. Journeying through the trees of the Wentshire Forest – a place synonymous with strange sightings, and tales of hidden folk who dwell there, he talks to a company that tried and failed to build a development in the forest, and a psychic who claims to know what happened to the little boy…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntensely dark, deeply chilling and searingly thought provoking, \u003ci\u003eChangeling\u003c\/i\u003e is an up-to-the-minute, startling thriller, taking you to places you will never, ever forget\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for the Six Stories series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Matt Wesolowski brilliantly depicts a desperate and disturbed corner of north-east England in which paranoia reigns and goodness is thwarted … an exceptional storyteller' \u003cb\u003eAndrew Michael Hurley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Beautifully written, smart, compassionate – and scary as hell. Matt Wesolowski is one of the most exciting and original voices in crime fiction’ \u003cb\u003eAlex North\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Endlessly inventive and with literary thrills a-plenty, Matt Wesolowski is boldly carving his own uniquely dark niche in fiction’ \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Myers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Disturbing, compelling and atmospheric, it will terrify and enthral you in equal measure’ \u003cb\u003eM W Craven\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e’First-class plotting’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eS Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A dazzling fictional mystery’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Readers of Kathleen Barber’s \u003ci\u003eAre You Sleeping\u003c\/i\u003e and fans of Ruth Ware will enjoy this slim but compelling novel’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Bold, clever and genuinely chilling’\u003cb\u003eDeidre O’Brien, \u003ci\u003eSunday Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A genuine genre-bending debut’ \u003cb\u003eCarla McKay, \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Impeccably crafted and gripping from start to finish’ \u003cb\u003eDoug Johnstone, \u003ci\u003eThe Big Issue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘The very epitome of a must-read’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Wonderfully horrifying … the suspense crackles’ \u003cb\u003eJames Oswald\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Original, inventive and dazzlingly clever’ \u003cb\u003eFiona Cummins\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Haunting, horrifying, and heartrending. 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