Black River

‘A peerless exercise in suspense.’ Financial Times‘Eerie, unnerving and buckets of fun.’ Observer Thriller of the Month‘BRILLIANT central character.’ Ann Cleeves, author of the Vera Stanhope novels‘Once again, I LOVED it!!!’ Marian Keyes, author of The BreakBlack River is an electrifying return for relentless reporter Tuva Moodyson, from the author of Dark Pines and Red Snow.FEAR                                                           Tuva’s been living clean in southern Sweden for four months when she receives horrifying news. Her best friend Tammy Yamnim is missing.SECRETSRacing back to Gavrik at the height of Midsommar, Tuva fears for Tammy’s life. Who has taken her, and why? And who is sabotaging the small-town search efforts?LIESSurrounded by dark pine forest, the sinister residents of Snake River are suspicious of outsiders. Unfortunately, they also hold all the answers. On the shortest night of the year, Tuva must fight to save her friend. The only question is who will be there to save Tuva?

'A peerless exercise in suspense.', ‘Dean’s series about deaf Swedish reporter Tuva Moodyson is a must read - and this book is his best yet… Black River is eerie, unnerving and buckets of fun.’, 'Just finished Will Dean's Black River. Splendid to catch up with Tuva Moodyson and that very special world... Such a BRILLIANT central character...great on women’s friendships.', 'Once again, I LOVED it!!! Do yourself a favour and read the first two books in the series.', 'Tuva Moodyson is back in the Swedish town of Gavrik at the height of Midsomar celebrations on the hunt for her missing best friend Tammy, but summer in Gavrik is just as dangerous as winter and in this compelling, intriguing, brilliantly written thriller, the relentless pace drives you forward until you are hanging on to the pages by your fingertips, afraid to go on, but terrified to put it down. Another masterpiece from Mr Dean.'

WILL DEAN grew up in the East Midlands and now lives at the centre of a vast elk forest in Sweden. Collectively the Tuva Moodyson books have been selected for Zoe Ball’s ITV Book Club, shortlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, shortlisted for the Guardian Not the Booker prize, and won Best Independent Voice at the Amazon Publishing Readers’ Awards. The series is optioned for television by Red Planet. Will is also the author of The Last Thing to Burn (Hodder) and First Born (Hodder). You can find him on Twitter and Instagram @willrdean and on TikTok as willdeanauthor, and he posts regularly about reading and writing on YouTube as Will Dean – Forest Author. #TeamTuva