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He got away with murder once…Is he back for more?

A gripping, heart-stopping thriller from one of crime’s most exciting voices.

‘Unflinching and mesmerizing’ Vaseem Khan

‘Deep, dark, and irresistible’ A.J. Finn

‘I inhaled it in two greedy gulps’ Ali Land

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Dakota Finch left the small mountain town of Nectar as soon as she was old enough. Became a big city cop. Worked homicide. Put the past and her best friend’s murder behind her.

Now she’s back in Nectar. Sent in disgrace to the one place she can’t cause more trouble. Only the body that greets her first day on the job says different.

Because Dakota knows it’s a victim of the Sugar Man: the killer who murdered her best friend. The crime Nectar’s law enforcement wants to forget.

Dakota’s never been afraid of making trouble. But neither, she is about to learn, is the Sugar Man . . .

Praise for Nicolas Obregon

‘A masterpiece’ Jeffery Deaver
‘I’m awestruck’ A. J. Finn
‘A dark, brutal ride’ Anthony Horowitz

‘Truly heart-rending’ Daily Express

Publisher Review

With a nod to the classic film Witness, The Sugar Man finds hardbitten cop Dakota Finch on the trail of a serial killer hiding in an insular religious community back in a place – and a past – she thought she had left behind. An unflinching and mesmerizing small town crime story. * Vaseem Khan * How exquisitely rare to read a novel as original as Nicolas Obregon’s latest: a profoundly spooky thriller soaked in honey and horror, sugar and shivers, from a storyteller far too bold to write an ordinary sentence. Every turned page feels like a step taken closer towards something deep, dark, and irresistible. For readers of folkloric suspense (think The Wicker Man or Lucy Foley’s marvelous The Midnight Feast), for fans of flinty, fascinating heroines, for anyone who admires rich, risky world-building on the scale of Twin Peaks – take a trip to Nectar. This is a good one. * A.J. Finn * Brooding and intricately woven, The Sugar Man delivers a rich tapestry of characters and a deliciously claustrophobic small town setting. Addictive and oh so clever, this book is a masterclass in plotting and I inhaled it in two greedy gulps. * Ali Land, bestelling author of Good Me Bad Me * With The Sugar Man, Obregon delivers a deft and riveting mystery that I genuinely struggled to put down. This one will haunt me for a long time. * Anna Bailey * Nail-bitingly compelling and utterly engrossing, The Sugar Man keeps you turning the pages as worlds, pasts and secrets collide. * Tim Glister * A dark read of serial killers and cults * i * Praise for Nicolas Obregon — : A masterpiece — Jeffery Deaver I’m awestruck — A. J. Finn A dark, brutal ride — Anthony Horowitz