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Small Town Nightmare
(Lucy Hush series #1)
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A young drifter is in deep trouble, his sister is his only hope...
Lucy’s younger brother has gone missing. When she sets out to find him, the trail takes her to Night Town. It’s a rural backwater deep in the forests of south western Australia.
Lucy tries to enlist the help of the local police, but she is met with hostility. She befriends a man who might help her cause. ...more
Lucy’s younger brother has gone missing. When she sets out to find him, the trail takes her to Night Town. It’s a rural backwater deep in the forests of south western Australia.
Lucy tries to enlist the help of the local police, but she is met with hostility. She befriends a man who might help her cause. ...more
Kindle Edition, 227 pages
Published
August 26th 2018
by The Book Folks
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Small Town Nightmare, first in the Lucy Hush series by Aussie author Anna Willett was exceptional! Gritty, intense, breathtaking – I’ve discovered a new Aussie author (which is a cause for celebration) in a genre I thoroughly enjoy. And she has more 😊
Lucy’s younger brother hadn’t returned home for her birthday and that in itself was cause for alarm. Tim had lost himself a little after the death of their parents, but he always returned from wherever he was for her birthday. She’d received a text ...more
Lucy’s younger brother hadn’t returned home for her birthday and that in itself was cause for alarm. Tim had lost himself a little after the death of their parents, but he always returned from wherever he was for her birthday. She’d received a text ...more

This was a mysterious and suspenseful story!
A small backstory:
Lucy hasn't heard from her brother (Tim) in a few days and she is worried that something has happened to him. The last time she talked to him, Tim had given her a location of where he was camped out.
So Lucy heads that way to find out what she can learn of his disappearance in the last town where he had been. Along on her journey she comes across a man (Damon) that is also looking for someone that has disappeared in that same area ...more

A small backstory:
Lucy hasn't heard from her brother (Tim) in a few days and she is worried that something has happened to him. The last time she talked to him, Tim had given her a location of where he was camped out.
So Lucy heads that way to find out what she can learn of his disappearance in the last town where he had been. Along on her journey she comes across a man (Damon) that is also looking for someone that has disappeared in that same area ...more

This is my first read of this author's books and, if this is anything to go by, I'm glad that I've got another couple downloaded and ready to read! A gripping tale as reporter Lucy Hush travels to a small Western Australian town in search for her missing brother - and stumbles on a town of secrets where no-one will tell her anything and she feels very much under threat. Fortunately she meets up with a private detective who is looking for another missing young man, who also disappeared having las
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I didn’t know this was book one in the series, I don’t care for series as a format, but the author I kind of like. She frequently posts kindle freebies and I was able to grab and enjoy a bunch of them, usually short thrillers set in Australia. Some have been more fun than others, this one was sort of in the middle. Lucy, the intrepid protagonist, journalist by training, comes to small creepily named Night Town to look for her disappeared drifter brother Tim. The locals are cagey and unfriendly,
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Another super novel by Anna Willett. Anna is able to write characters who really do live on the page. Because of this you care about them, about how they feel and what they suffer. You really care about whether they are able to triumph in the face of disaster - and she certainly ratcheted up the danger and tension in the latter stages of this book. Do they triumph - Well that would be telling and there are bad bad people at work here and real life isn't all about rainbows and butterflies.
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She wondered how much she should reveal. Her history was painful, and rehashing it for a stranger wouldn’t really help....more
“It’s complicated, but I know he wouldn’t not show.”“Not unless something stopped him?” Damon asked, finishing her thought.
“Something or someone.” As she spoke, they rounded a bend and the road tapered downwards. In the distance she could see a cluster of buildings dotted with patches of open fields and circled by forests

As with any good book that fits into the ‘thriller’ category there is a good twist at the end! I won’t say more than that as I don’t want to ruin any surprises but it’s worth reading on for. I really enjoyed this book, it encompasses a well thought out, well written plot with likeable characters and a good ending.

Very good
Plenty of suspense, let out in proper dribbles. Nicely twisted plot, about twisted people. The absence of typos and syntax errors was refreshing (only one misuse of a word near the end, "sight" should have been "site," referring to the place of the head injury). The slow development of the friendship between Lucy and Damon also was refreshing. Would enjoy more by this author. ...more
Plenty of suspense, let out in proper dribbles. Nicely twisted plot, about twisted people. The absence of typos and syntax errors was refreshing (only one misuse of a word near the end, "sight" should have been "site," referring to the place of the head injury). The slow development of the friendship between Lucy and Damon also was refreshing. Would enjoy more by this author. ...more

Engaging thriller. Love that it's set in Aussie.
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This was difficult to put down, but I can't find it in my heart to give it five stars. The action picked up from the first page, and very quickly grabbed my attention. The characters all seemed a little too two dimensional to me, I'm hoping that changes in a longer form. The plot twists were all unexpected, with the climax coming as a sharp shock. I would preferred a tiny bit more resolution, but I'll have to read more in this series.
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This book has a lot of twists and turns that keep you interested. It's a good read.
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Well, this book does exactly what it says on the tin! The story of Lucy who is looking for her missing drifter brother in a tiny, remote rural town in Western Australia and finds a horror more awful than she could have anticipated. The book was gripping from the opening pages to the end and kept up the suspense all the way through and anyone picking up the book because of the title will not be disappointed. The author really brought the environment and setting to life and I particularly enjoyed
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I read SMALL TOWN NIGHTMARE in one evening, not only because the novel is not that long, but especially because I was completely engrossed. The author’s clear and flowing writing style kept me glued to the pages and I loved the well-crafted plot and the engaging characters.
Lucy is a journalist and she is looking for her brother Tim. Tim is a drifter, moving from place to place, but he would have never missed Lucy’s birthday a few days earlier, so when the police is no help, Lucy jumps into her c ...more
Lucy is a journalist and she is looking for her brother Tim. Tim is a drifter, moving from place to place, but he would have never missed Lucy’s birthday a few days earlier, so when the police is no help, Lucy jumps into her c ...more

The small town of the title is what drew me to Small Town Nightmare. It all kicks off when Lucy Hush, a journalist, arrives at Night Town, in Western Australia. She's looking for her brother, Tim. He's what you might call a drifter but Lucy knows that Tim would never miss her birthday and that's exactly what's happened, so she goes to try and find out what has happened to him. Along the way she has a chance meeting with Damon, who turns out to be an unexpected ally in her search.
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I enjoyed Anna Willett's writing style very much. The story took a strange turn, which was certainly unexpected. But I feel like there were some unanswered questions at the end - maybe it was just a red herring, but everything in the plot didn't tie up quite as nicely as it could have. Nonetheless, an enjoyable read.
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"Tense thriller"
I thoroughly enjoyed my first book by this author. Strong characters, tough, uncompromising settings and a story line with several facets. The pace was consistently built to an exciting, nerve-shredding conclusion. A well-written page-turner indeed. ...more
I thoroughly enjoyed my first book by this author. Strong characters, tough, uncompromising settings and a story line with several facets. The pace was consistently built to an exciting, nerve-shredding conclusion. A well-written page-turner indeed. ...more
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