Front cover of The Missing Hour by Robert Rutherford, paperback

The Missing Hour : the breakneck new race-against-time crime thriller from the Sunday Times bestseller - Robert Rutherford

Robert Rutherford

£10.99
  • Pages · 432 pages
  • Publication Date · 04/12/2025
  • Genre · Thriller / suspense
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***Winner of the Lindisfarne Prize for Crime Fiction***YOUR HUSBAND HAS BEEN ARRESTED. Maggie's husband is suddenly arrested in the middle of the night, on suspicion of murder. When Grant dies in custody, her world implodes. EVERYONE BELIEVES HE IS GUILTY. All the evidence points to Grant being a killer - including DNA at the scene. But how can this be true when he was with Maggie all night?ONLY YOU CAN PROVE THEM WRONG. Following a trail of deception, it's up to her to uncover the truth. But Maggie has a secret too. Something she hasn't told anyone. She was with her husband all night - apart from one missing hour...

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