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stepped past Ben before stopping and turning back to him. “And let’s not tell your mother about this, or Jack or Beth. Come on, let’s be grown-up, let’s be men. We did what we had to do. That’s what a man is, you know.”
    Ben stared at him for a moment. “You thought I killed those women,” he whispered finally.
    “Oh, come on -”
    “You thought I killed those women,” he said again, taking a step back. “You read what happened to them and you thought that’s something I could do to another human being. You looked at me and you thought it’s something I’d be capable of.”
    “Quit with the sanctimonious crap,” Harry replied with a grin. “I was just helping you out, is all.”
    “He strangled them.”
    “Well, garrotted, but -”
    “And he cut them up,” Ben continued, “and did things to them after they were dead. Things that are so bad, they won’t even describe them in the paper. Even Alex just now wouldn’t tell me all the details! It’s like he thinks I’m too young to be told, even though I’m not too young for him to suspect me!”
    “Son, let’s not -”
    “And you thought that might have been me ?”
    “It was really the hair -”
    Without letting him finish, Ben turned to walk away.
    “Hey!” Harry called after him, grabbing his shoulder, “don’t you turn your back on me when I’m -”
    Before he could get another word out, Ben swung around and clenched his fist, poised to punch the old man and knock him out. He came close, so close, before slowly unclenching the fist and turning away. Without looking back, he hurried across the road and then down an alley that ran by the side of the bank. Desperate to get away, desperate to avoid people staring at him, he began to run until finally he got to the yard behind the bar, and he crouched down behind one of the bins with his head in his hands. Tears ran down his face and he felt as if his skull was about to explode with rage. He was already regretting the fact that he hadn’t punched his father clean to the ground.

NEXT
     
    The Border

Part Four
    Ben makes a new friend who desperately needs help, but he’s quickly warned to keep away. Meanwhile, Jane faces a tough decision and tries to distract herself, while more and more people start to experience visits from Caitlin Somers. Are they all imagining things, or is something dark and unusual starting to stir in Bowley?
     
    Available now to pre-order. Release date: July 23 rd 2015
     
    The Border

Part Five
    Tension is running high in Bowley. Jane is convinced that the killer is about to strike again, and a newly-discovered diagram seems to indicate the precise moment when it will happen. Unfortunately, she has no idea where to look, or who will be the next victim. Meanwhile, Beth realizes she’s gone too far to turn back, Bob is offered an opportunity to escape, and Katie is offered the chance to go through another of The Border’s doors.
     
    Available soon to pre-order. Release date: August 6 th 2015

OTHER BOOKS
    BY AMY CROSS INCLUDE
     
    Horror
     
    3AM
    The Farm
    The Scream
    Tenderling
    The Girl Clay
    The Haunting of Emily Stone
    The Prison
    Asylum
    American Coven
    The Night Girl
    Devil’s Briar
    Ward Z
    Ward Z: Revelation
    The Devil’s Photographer
     
    Fantasy / Horror
     
    Dark Season series 1, 2 & 3
    The Hollow Church (Abby Hart 1)
    Vampire Asylum (Abby Hart 2)
    Dead Souls volumes 1, 2 & 3
    Lupine Howl series 1 to 4
    Grave Girl
    Graver Girl (Grave Girl 2)
    Ghosts
    The Library
    Journey to the Library (The Library Saga 2)
    The Ghosts of London
    Archangel (The Ghosts of London 2)
     
    Thriller
     
    Ophelia
    The Dead City (Ophelia 2)
    Fallen Heroes (Ophelia 3)
    The Girl Who Never Came Back
    The Dead and the Dying (Joanna Mason 1)
    The House of Broken Backs (Joanna Mason 2)
    The Pornographer’s Wife
    Other People’s Bodies
     
    Dystopia / Science Fiction
     
    The Shades
    Mass Extinction Event series 1 to 4