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Blackwater
Jonny Murphy Files (Related to this series)
- Author
- Sarah Sultoon
- Narrator
- David Blair
- Publisher
- Ulverscroft Ltd
- Publish Date
- 1 March 2026
- Run Time
- 8 hours 51 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
London, Christmas 1999. The world is on edge. With the new millennium just days away, fears of the Millennium Bug are spiralling – warnings of computer failures, market crashes, even global catastrophe. But fifty miles east, on the frozen Blackwater Island, a different kind of mystery unfolds. A child’s body is discovered on the bracken, untouched by footprints, with no sign of how he died. And no one has come forward to claim him.
At the International Tribune, reporter Jonny Murphy senses something is off. Police are appealing for relatives, not suspects. An anonymous call led officers to the scene, but no one knows who made it. With just twenty-four hours before the century turns, Jonny heads to Blackwater – driven by curiosity, desperation, and the sting of rejection from his colleague Paloma. But Blackwater has more secrets buried deep in the frozen ground.
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Details
- Author
- Sarah Sultoon
- Narrator
- David Blair
- Duration
- 8 hours 51 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 March 2026
- ISBN
- 9781444859539
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Ulverscroft Ltd
- Genre
- Crime and / or mystery fiction
Synopsis
London, Christmas 1999. The world is on edge. With the new millennium just days away, fears of the Millennium Bug are spiralling – warnings of computer failures, market crashes, even global catastrophe. But fifty miles east, on the frozen Blackwater Island, a different kind of mystery unfolds. A child’s body is discovered on the bracken, untouched by footprints, with no sign of how he died. And no one has come forward to claim him. At the International Tribune, reporter Jonny Murphy senses something is off. Police are appealing for relatives, not suspects. An anonymous call led officers to the scene, but no one knows who made it. With just twenty-four hours before the century turns, Jonny heads to Blackwater – driven by curiosity, desperation, and the sting of rejection from his colleague Paloma. But Blackwater has more secrets buried deep in the frozen ground.
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