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A murdered schoolteacher A police force under attack A teen hiding secrets beneath silenceWhen a body is discovered at an abandoned Suffolk farm DS Rob Minshull and the squad believes its the latest casualty of the drugs war terrorising rural communities But when the victim is identified as a wellrespected local teacher the case is thrown wide openWhile they hunt the murderer the South Suffolk CID team face a new threat A brutal vigilante group dispensing their own twisted justice puts the investigation in grave danger as well as the detectivesEducational psychologist Dr Cora Lael is called into work with Lottie Arundel a troubled teen who stopped speaking a year agoAs Cora enters Lotties world it seems that the teens silence might hold the key to the case But as Cora and Rob work together to find a vicious killer its clear that uncovering Lotties secrets will take Cora and Rob into the most dangerous of places where the price to pay for the truth might be deathThe second book from MJ White The Silent Child is a twisty utterly unputdownable crime thriller If you like James Oswald or LJ Ross youll love thisPraise for MJ WhiteCora is a character you wont forget Steve Cavanagh author of The Devils AdvocateA corker of a debut with a brilliantly drawn main character Simon Toyne author of Solomon CreedTouchingly compassionate desperately exciting and achingly wellwrittena superlative crime novel Rob Parker author of Far From The Tree