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Closer Than You Think

By: Darren O’Sullivan
Narrated by: Avena Wallace, Darren O'Sullivan
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He’s watching. She’s waiting.

The unmissable new thriller from Darren O’Sullivan, author of Our Little Secret and Close Your Eyes.

Having barely escaped the clutches of a serial killer, Claire Moore has struggled to rebuild her life. After her terrifying encounter with the man the media dubbed The Black-Out Killer, she became an overnight celebrity: a symbol of hope and survival in the face of pure evil. And then the killings stopped.

Now ten years have passed, and Claire remains traumatised by her brush with death. Though she has a loving and supportive family around her, what happened that night continues to haunt her still.

Just when things are starting to improve, there is a power cut; a house fire; another victim found killed in the same way as before.

The Black-Out Killer is back. And he’s coming for Claire…

©2019 Darren O’Sullivan (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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Critic reviews

Praise for Darren O’Sullivan: "An immensely talented new author." (John Marrs, author of The One and When You Disappeared)

"Engrossing, compelling and twisty from the first page to the shocking ending. This book grabbed me and didn't let go." (Michele Campbell, author of It’s Always the Husband)

"Unique and utterly compelling. This twisty psychological thriller will chill you to the bones." (Gemma Metcalfe, author of Trust Me)

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One of the best psychological thrillers

🄰🅄🄳🄸🄾🄱🄾🄾🄺 🅁🄴🅅🄸🄴🅆

𝑪𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒓 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌
𝙱𝚢: @darrensully
𝙽𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛: @avena_mansergh_wallace and @darrensully
𝙶𝚎𝚗𝚛𝚎: Psychological Thriller, Mystery, Fiction
𝙿𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚛: @harpercollins
𝙿𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝙾𝚗: March 19th 2019
@𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚜 𝚂𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚎: 3.99
𝙼𝚢 𝚂𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚎: 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 / 5 Exploding Heads

"Once pitch black - a blackness you didn’t get in cities , a blackness that wrapped itself around you, a blackness that became a consuming void - he would carry out his violent act. He would work in a way God didn't and he would punish the one his research told him needed to be punished." - Darren O'Sullivan, 𝑪𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒓 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌

🄿🅁🄴🄼🄸🅂🄴

𝑯𝒆’𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑺𝒉𝒆’𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈.

The media dubbed him 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤-𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫. The setting is simple. Nighttime rain, a power cut of the street; a house fire; and a body.

Claire Moore was to be the 8th victim, but by strong determination and the will to want to live she escaped. Barely. Ten years later and she is struggling to rebuild her life from that horrific night, where 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤-𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 took Claire's husbands life. Victim #7.

Though she has a loving and supportive family around her, what happened that night continues to haunt. Just when things are starting to improve, there's a power cut; a house fire; and another victim found killed in the same way as before.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤-𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 is back. And he’s coming for Claire…

🄼🅈 🅃🄷🄾🅄🄶🄷🅃🅂

This was my first book by author Darren Sullivan and I 100& will say it will not be my last. I can not say enough that this needs to be your next read!

𝑪𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒓 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 was dark, ominous, and downright heart-racing at times. Sullivan builds up the tension in this story so perfectly. What comes in the end will have you unprepared.

I will say that this audio version is getting high praise from me. The physical book will be just as enjoyable but IMHO both the author who narrates and Avena Wallace do a phenomenal job and I highly recommend the audio! Please pick up "𝑪𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒓 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌" you will not be disappointed.

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Amazing

Awesome! Captivating! Easily a must read! Darren O'Sullivan has become my favorite author. His twists and turns are brilliant!

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Great Performance!

I really enjoyed the performance of this book and it’s twist! My husband did guess the end mid book which I told him he was crazy and then laughed so hard during the ending. This is my first O’Sullivan book and I will listen to another.

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