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<p><b>ONE DETECTIVE. ONE MURDERER. BUT WHICH IS WHICH?</b><br> <br> <b>'Fresh, gripping and addictive! An absolute gem' ALLIE REYNOLDS</b><br> <br> <b>'If there is a finer crime debut this year, it will be a surprise' <i>DAILY MAIL</i></b><br> <br> <b>'Clever and bold' LISA GARDNER</b><br> <br> <b>'The book everyone's going to be talking about' KAREN DIONNE</b><br> <br> <b>'A brilliant debut from an excellent new voice ' <i>MY WEEKLY</i></b><br> ________________<br> <br> Remie Yorke has one shift left at the Mackinnon Hotel in the remote Scottish Highlands before she leaves for good. Then Storm Ezra hits.<br> <br> As temperatures plummet and phone lines go down, an injured man stumbles inside. PC Don Gaines was in a terrible accident on the mountain road. The only other survivor: the prisoner his team was transporting.<br> <br> When a second stranger arrives, Remie reluctantly lets him in from the blizzard. He, too, is hurt. He claims to be a police officer. His name is <i>also</i> Don Gaines.<br> <br> Someone is lying and, with no means of escape, Remie must work out who. If the cold doesn't kill her, one of these men will get there first . . .<br> <br> <b>And don't miss Martin Griffin's unbelievably tense and explosive new thriller, <i>The Last Visitor</i>, available to pre-order now</b><br> ________________<br> <br> <b>What real readers are saying about <i>The Second Stranger</i></b><br> <br> 'Plenty of <b>heart-stopping</b> moments, twists and turns. <b>A fast-paced story, atmospheric, intriguing</b>, with a great ending. I loved it' <br> <br> 'I enjoyed the excellent descriptions of the hotel, weather and conditions . . . <b>I felt every gust of wind and slammed door</b>' <br> <br> 'A swiftly moving and menacing plot. The <b>remote, atmospheric and unsettling backdrop</b> make this <b>eerie, chilling and unpredictable</b> suspense' <br> <br> 'The suspense and drama build throughout . . . <b>Very clever and unexpected</b>' <br> <br> '<b>I could n