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The Midnight King

The Midnight King

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2025: Lucas Cole –  father, widower, bestselling writer and….serial killer….

  • ISBN: 978-1805222279
  • Genre: Crime

What you need to know before your trail

Nathan Cole has known the truth about his father since he was ten years old. Too terrified to go to the police, he ran away from home as soon as he was able, carrying the guilt of leaving his sister behind. But when Lucas is found dead in a dingy motel room, Nathan returns to his childhood home for the first time in seventeen years. It’s there he finds The Midnight King, his father’s final unpublished manuscript, a fictionalised account of his hideous crimes, hidden in a box of trinkets taken from his victims. Trinkets that include a ribbon belonging to a missing eight-year-old girl who disappeared only days before his father’s death.

Now, Nathan must deal with the consequences of keeping his father’s secret. But it may not be as simple as finding a lost child. For The Midnight King holds Nathan’s secrets as well as Lucas’s, and he is not the only one searching for the truth…

Travel Guide

Nashville changing

“Nashville has changed since he was here. Nearly two decades is a long time to be away from a place. He is pleased to see that the city is as much as he remembers.”

Nashville public library

“One of those big desks you’re meant to share, only it was quiet today and he had the thing to himself.”

Nashville’s I-65

“Nashville was waking up around him. Traffic on the I-65. Cars queuing for Egg McMuffins every day.”

BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Midnight King

Destination/location: Nashville  Author/guide: Tariq Ashkanani  Departure Time: 2025

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