The Collector: A missing child. No witnesses.

'Gripping, endearing, dark, and funny ... Highly recommended' Harlan CobenWhen 10-year-old Lukas disappears, investigator Erik Schäfer has little to work with. Until he discovers that the boy is obsessed with pareidolia – the psychological phenomenon where we see faces in random things – and has recently photographed an old barn door. Journalist Heloise Kaldan thinks she recognizes the barn – but from where?Kaldan drops her current article, a controversial investigation into soldiers with PTSD, to cover the story of the missing boy. But when she realises that the traumatized soldiers are mixed up in Lukas’ case, Schäfer and Heloise must try to separate optical illusion from reality – before it’s too late.

''Gripping, endearing, dark, and funny, Anne Mette Hancock has written the best series I''ve read this year. Kaldan and Schafer are my new favourite crime-solving duo. Highly recommended'' - Harlan Coben

‘Hancock writes with a razor-sharp pen, wittily and with originality. I simply adore her books’ – Katrine Engberg, #1 internationally bestselling author of The Tenant and The Butterfly House

''Ingenious ... Taut, menacing, and intensely thrilling, it never lets go'' - Daily Mail on The Corpse Flower

‘Well-written and a page-turner … The story twists unexpectedly but with conviction ... A strong plus from this reviewer’ – Jeremy Black,The Critic

''Gripping, endearing, dark, and funny ... Highly recommended'' Harlan Coben

When 10-year-old Lukas disappears, investigator Erik Schäfer has little to work with. Until he discovers that the boy is obsessed with pareidolia – the psychological phenomenon where we see faces in random things – and has recently photographed an old barn door. Journalist Heloise Kaldan thinks she recognizes the barn – but from where?

Kaldan drops her current article, a controversial investigation into soldiers with PTSD, to cover the story of the missing boy. But when she realises that the traumatized soldiers are mixed up in Lukas’ case, Schäfer and Heloise must try to separate optical illusion from reality – before it’s too late.

• | Author: Anne Mette Hancock, Tara Chase
• | Publisher: Swift Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 01, 2023
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781800751514
• | ISBN-10: 1800751516