The Centre
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After the fraught game of cat-and-mouse that drove Provocation¸ Meg Vann continues the InSecurity Triptych in The Centre¸ where a lost child and kidnapped mother plunges a young security guard into the heart of an investigation where nothing is quite what it seems.
Zilla Bannich is the junior security guard working the local shopping centre¸ a quiet misfit among the team of older¸ fatter men. Her boss is incompetent¸ her days predictable¸ and her home life a quiet struggle with her mother's degenerative illness.
Zilla's learned to keep her head down and avoid undue attention¸ but when her discovery of a lost child leads to an abducted mother and signs of physical abuse¸ there's no avoiding the prying eyes of the police and her colleagues. As inconsistencies and tainted evidence accumulate¸ and Zilla's connection to the child's family is revealed¸ she becomes embroiled in the investigation ... and a prime suspect in the kidnapping of the child's mother.
As events rush towards their conclusion¸ Zilla must step up and immerse herself in the tangled threads of the investigation¸ working to ensure that child¸ mother¸ and Zilla herself are protected from the looming threat of angry men¸ corrupt systems¸ and the family secrets capable of ripping her sleepy suburban community apart.
For fans of Claire Mackintosh¸ CL Taylor¸ and Gillian Flynn¸ The Centre is the second book in the InSecurity Triptych - fast-paced and provocative psychological thrillers you can read in a single sitting.
After the fraught game of cat-and-mouse that drove Provocation ¸ Meg Vann continues the InSecurity Triptych in The Centre ¸ where a lost child and kidnapped mother plunges a young security guard into the heart of an investigation where nothing is quite what it seems.
Zilla Bannich is the junior security guard working the local shopping centre¸ a quiet misfit among the team of older¸ fatter men. Her boss is incompetent¸ her days predictable¸ and her home life a quiet struggle with her mother's degenerative illness.
Zilla's learned to keep her head down and avoid undue attention¸ but when her discovery of a lost child leads to an abducted mother and signs of physical abuse¸ there's no avoiding the prying eyes of the police and her colleagues. As inconsistencies and tainted evidence accumulate¸ and Zilla's connection to the child's family is revealed¸ she becomes embroiled in the investigation ... and a prime suspect in the kidnapping of the child's mother.
As events rush towards their conclusion¸ Zilla must step up and immerse herself in the tangled threads of the investigation¸ working to ensure that child¸ mother¸ and Zilla herself are protected from the looming threat of angry men¸ corrupt systems¸ and the family secrets capable of ripping her sleepy suburban community apart.
For fans of Claire Mackintosh¸ CL Taylor¸ and Gillian Flynn¸ The Centre is the second book in the InSecurity Triptych - fast-paced and provocative psychological thrillers you can read in a single sitting.