The Long Dark Road: A gripping, atmospheric thriller about how far a mother will go

If you go, there's no coming back.

Dr. Georgia Healey can't grieve. Her nineteen-year-old daughter, Stephanie, stepped out for a walk two years ago and never returned. No body. No answers. Just an open wound that refuses to heal.

On the anniversary of Stephanie's disappearance, Georgia isn't ready to let go — not yet. She retraces every step her daughter took, determined to question everyone: students, professors, ex-boyfriends, anyone who might hold a sliver of truth.

But the truth isn't always a comfort. And what Georgia uncovers is far more terrifying than she ever imagined.

When you seek the lost, be prepared for what you find...

'A slow-burning thriller that builds to a devastating dénouement.' Mail on Sunday

'A tense thriller that kept me reading way past bedtime then kept me awake.' Kerry Watts

Born in Glasgow, P.R. Black is an author and journalist living in Yorkshire. His stories have been in the Daily Telegraph's ´Ghost Stories´ and the 'Northern Crime One' anthology, and he's a runner-up of the 2014 Bloody Scotland competition.

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Release date

Audiobook: 31 July 2025