A dark Christmas thriller from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger. Instead of
presents this Christmas a true crime podcaster is opening up a cold case... When true crime
podcaster Harley Granger drifts into The Next Chapter Bookshop days before Christmas he seems
intent on digging up events that store owner Madeline Martin would much rather forget.
Granger has a gift for seeing things that others miss and his work on true crime has earned
him fame and wealth ? and some serious criticism for his various unethical practices. Looking
into Madeline's case a case that many people think is closed but some want reopened he has a
lot of questions about the night Madeline was left for dead on the riverbank nearly a decade
ago. Madeline is the only surviving victim of Evan Handy who murdered her best friend and is
suspected in the disappearance of two local sisters. Since Handy went to jail though three
other young women have gone missing in similar circumstances. Are the cases connected? Was
Handy innocent after all... or was there someone else there that night? Another predator still
out there somewhere? As Christmas approaches and a blizzard bears down Madeline must return
to a past she hoped was dead to answer questions that have haunted her and others since that
day. Will she discover the truth... and is it more terrible than she could ever have imagined?
Coupling a picturesque cosy setting with a deeply unsettling and suspenseful plot Christmas
Presents is a chilling seasonal novella that can be enjoyed all year long.
