The Ones Who Got Away
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerGeneral Fiction
Publisher Price: $14.99
ISBN13: 9781764598408
Publisher: Camden Books Publishing
Published: Oct 1 2026
Pages: 138
Weight: 0.57
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Harlan Pierce is dead, but for investigator Mallard W. Benson, the nightmare is only just beginning. When an anonymous tape arrives from a woman claiming she got out when the others didn't, Mallard is pulled into a chilling conspiracy of powerful men, buried files, and so-called runaway girls who never actually left.
With Donna Fletcher at his side-sharp, relentless, and now undeniably more than just a colleague-Mallard uncovers a pattern too calculated to ignore. Missing reports rewritten. Evidence quietly buried. They closed cases before they had ever truly opened them. As each lead tightens the net, the truth emerges: this is not a series of isolated crimes, but a system designed to protect itself at any cost.
Then the investigation turns personal.
A decades-old video surfaces, linking the corruption directly to Donna's past-to her sister Melanie, a girl the system erased, and the world forgot. What was once a pursuit of justice becomes something far more dangerous: a reckoning.
As pressure mounts and unseen forces close in, Mallard and Donna must decide how far they're willing to go. Some truths were never meant to survive because the deeper they dig, the clearer it becomes.
The Ones Who Got Away is a dark, gripping, and emotionally charged crime novel about the survivors who refuse to be silenced, the families rebuilt in the aftermath, and the devastating cost of exposing entrenched evil.
And as a hidden voice on the inside whispers, Ask your partner what else she remembers, Mallard realises the final battle won't just be about cold cases or corrupt cops-it will be about the secrets that still live within.
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