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From the author of The Bone Keeper comes The Silence, another sinister psychological thriller of secrets, revenge, and a lurking serial killer.

We killed a stranger and covered it up.

It was supposed to be our last weekend away as friends, before marriage and respectability beckoned. But what happened that Saturday changed everything.

The six of us promised we would never tell anyone about the body we buried, even when we realized our victim was a serial killer.

But now the silence has been broken. And the killing has started again...

A twisted thriller that asks if we ever truly know our friends, and just how high price is for our silence.

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August 4, 2020
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"The Silence is an engaging thriller that is less about blood and guts and more about psychology." ― New York Journal of Books

"The suspense mounts relentlessly in this hard-to-put-down story. Veste is on a roll." ― Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Luca Veste is the author of The Bone Keeper, as well as other novels. He is a writer of Italian and Scouse heritage, married with two young daughters. He studied psychology and criminology at University in Liverpool.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sourcebooks Landmark (August 4, 2020)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1492678740
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1492678748
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1 x 8.25 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #1,619,769 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #9,660 in Serial Killer Thrillers
- #18,738 in Psychological Thrillers (Books)
- #33,141 in Murder Thrillers

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Luca Veste is a writer of Italian and Liverpudlian heritage, married with two young daughters, and one of nine children. He studied psychology and criminology at university in Liverpool. He is the author of the Murphy and Rossi series, which includes DEAD GONE, THE DYING PLACE, BLOODSTREAM, and THEN SHE WAS GONE.

Part psychological thriller, part police procedural, his books follow the detective pairing of DI David Murphy and DS Laura Rossi. The novels are set in Liverpool, bringing the city to life in a dark and terrifying manner...with just a splash of Scouse humour.

"Astringent and artfully constructed." The Financial Times

"A darkly impressive novel... disturbing and intelligent." The Times

"Page-turner." Sunday Times

"A chilling début from a writer to watch..." Mark Billingham

"Gripping, unpredictable, genuinely shocking and impossible to put down, Dead Gone is a remarkable début." Steve Mosby

"A twisty, psychological crime debut in a gritty setting: a new favourite for police procedural lovers" Clare Mackintosh

"Tense and darkly playful." Chris Ewan

"A major new talent on the crime scene." Eva Dolan

"Fresh...original." Mel Sherratt

"Original and terrifying." Stav Sherez

He is also the editor of the Spinetingler Award nominated charity anthology 'Off The Record', and co-editor of 'True Brit Grit', also an anthology of short stories for charity.

He is a former civil servant, actor, singer and guitarist (although he still picks it up now and again), and now a full-time writer.

He can be found at www.lucaveste.com and on twitter @LucaVeste

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Readergirl22

Good Story, But....

Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2020

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There's a good story in here, but you have to work for it. Once I discovered basically skipping the flashback chapters was a good thing (simply scanning the page and moving on), the story moved. And I didn't lose anything. Those chapters also caused the writer to tip his hand, so all I read for was to see how the writer pulled it off.
So consider this your warning label - contains major flashback scenes, that, IMO, are unnecessary.
This is my first book by this author, and I will try another since the story was decent. But I wish I hadn't chosen this one to start with.

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gonewalkabout

Really Really Poor Writing!!!!!

Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2020

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The writing was TERRIBLE. The author may have had a great plot in mind, but the nonsensical metaphors and cheesy overkill with bizarre adjectives made it impossible to persevere through to find it. The poor writing was that much of a stumbling block! Unfortunately I waited too long to be eligible for a refund so all I can do is warn others. Shockingly bad!

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lesley

Not like the other books

Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2020

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Disappointing. This premise has been written about so much.....group of people commit a crime and the aftermath. Bit long and drawn out. Not a patch on his previous books.

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Debra C

six friends - one secret

Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2020

"In the dark, anything is everything. A shadow becomes a monster. A whisper becomes a scream. Silence becomes fear. Yet there was always excitement lying in the darkness too. A sense of facing something and staring it down."

Six friends go camping while attending a concert. It was supposed to be a great time. It turned into a nightmare. In the night someone died. They agreed to keep the body they buried a secret. But now almost a year later, someone else is dead. Is the past coming back to haunt them? Did someone see what they did in the woods? Will their secret be too much from some to bear?

"You don't know what's coming. You can't do anything about it."

Although this was an enjoyable book, there was something missing here for me. I really liked the idea of the "candle man" and that six friends had to keep a secret. This almost had the feel of "I Know What you did last summer" for me to a small degree. For me, this book just wasn't creepy or scary. There is a killer here, but it felt a little predictable and was not a shocker at all. What I did enjoy was the exploration of the psychological effect of keeping such a secret and how it affected individual characters. Having said that, I didn't really feel connected to any of the characters so when one went missing, it really didn't pull on my heartstrings or have me worrying about the character.

If you aren't a fan of gory or blood and guts, you will be happy. This does not have that. This is more of a psychological book that has a serial killer. Again, I enjoyed the psychological effects of keeping the secret the most in this book. How the characters began to unravel as fear began to sink in.

Others are enjoying this book slightly more than I did so I encourage looking at those reviews as well.

I received a copy of this book from Sourcebooks Landmark and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.

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Katherine Holom

The Silence

Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2020

Matt, his partner Alexandra, and their four friends take a road trip to a music festival honoring '90s music. The trip is great and they party like they're back in college while camping out as far from the stages as they can get. They're right next to woods so the site is private, though also a bit spooky when they have to get up in the dark to pee behind a tree. Then everything goes wrong and in the middle of the night they kill a stranger and hide his body. They should have called the police, but the truth sounded unbelievable and they feared they would not be believed. No sooner had they buried that body than they realized the person they killed was a serial killer. But it was too late to change their actions as there was no way to explain why he'd been buried and not look guilty. The six friends make a pact to keep the events of the night a secret, promising that any action taken had to be agreed upon by all. About a year later the friends are still dealing with the emotional fallout from what happened in the woods, perseverating on the question: was the killer working alone? Then the killing starts again.

Suspenseful, a bit spooky, and a little over-the-top like you expect serial killer books to be, The Silence is also psychologically honest in a way serial killer books often aren't. Books/movies tend to gloss over the emotional aspects of killing when it's done for the greater good or self-defense. In real life I imagine the guilt and grief would be more like what is shown in The Silence than the superhero moving on without a substantial backward glance that is more frequently portrayed.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC. The opinions in this review are honest and my own.

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Made in Manchester

Disappointing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 11, 2020

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Had high hopes for this but although I finished the book quickly, found it very unsatisfactory in several aspects.

The characters were one-dimensional with no depth whatsoever. Not particularly likeable but not enough about them to build up any sort of feelings.

For a group of young festival going people, they were devoid of humour and I found it an odd writing style that even when faced with ‘shocking events’ no one swears. Felt very unrealistic.

And the pay off ‘twist’ was laughable in its lack of substance and explanation.

I hate to give a bad review but this sadly merited my harsh opinion. Which is all it is and others may enjoy this immensely.

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Malcolm R

Ambition over ability

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 23, 2020

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A novel about a serial killer - ho hum - but this is different in that the titular six think they have killed him so the fan is well and truly hit when one of their number dies - or is he murdered? I did not think it really worked and I stopped reading it for a few days as the reasons at the beginning for the cover up were verging on the ludicrous, if you ignore that, the “twist” at the end is OK though only just that. I have read his other books and this is the most ambitious. The psychology of each character seems believable, a bit wearing at times - get on with the plot! - and there are a couple of hints as to the identity of the culprit - but overall it does not “click” largely because the main character is so tiresome.

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jas

A game of two halves

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 18, 2020

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Matt is a happy, well-adjusted guy in love with his live-in girlfriend Alexander and who is lucky enough to have four mates who have been with him through thick and thin, mostly since childhood. To mark a new phase in their life as they prepare to settle down, the six friends decide to go for one last blast and spend the weekend camping at an 80’s music festival. As the weekend draws to a close, the friends return to their tents, looking forward to going home and sleeping in their own beds. But the weekend’s excitement hasn’t ended for them. As they spend their last night under canvas, events take a turn that none of them could have predicted, events that shake the bedrock of their friendship and change Matt’s life forever.

This is an unusual book. At first it appears to be more of a psychological thriller, with Matt’s first-person narrative expressing his confusion and fear at what has happened. And this impression continues when we see the deterioration of his mental health and possible paranoia. Later, it morphs into more of a murder mystery as Matt tries to unpick what happened that fateful night and make sense of events that have happened since.
For me the second half was a much pacier, more enjoyable read, I almost gave up during the beginning, which continued to reiterate Matt’s emotional response to what had happened (for too long, I thought).

In the end, I was glad I didn’t stop reading though, as once the focus changed, things started to get interesting. I was a little disappointed at the ending though, as I thought it was a little predictable (for a reason I can't share, without giving the game away).

Overall, I liked the style of writing and thought the interaction between the characters was especially well portrayed.

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Noelle | CrimeBookJunkie

Edgy and Addictive!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 22, 2020

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It’s been a long time coming but I’ve finally written my review of Luca Veste’s THE SIX – and what a read it was!
Set in Liverpool, the reader is taken on a journey of friendship, relationships, secrets, fear, consequences, blame, change, growing up, mistrust, the truth and finally justice…

WOW! WOW! WOW! Luca Veste delivers a short, sharp and oh-so-shocking opening that had me hooked! But then…OMG…I can’t say… how the heck do you come back from that?! There’s a real psychological edge to this crime thriller – a build up of suspense with a dual timeline and some red herrings thrown in to keep us amateur detectives on our toes! With a good pace, great sense of place and a tight and somewhat unreliable narrative at times, this story is very much character driven.

The story is told mainly from Matt’s POV and we get a good picture of the five friends both in the present time and how their past formed their future friendship/relationships. I liked that we get to learn about each person through reflections of their history together to the point where we start to see where everything changed – cracks develop and then OMG…like I said at the start – where do you go from there! The one thing that connected them all together forever…ultimately split them all apart.

Would I recommend this read? In a heartbeat, I would! A spine-tingling page-turner that will get right under your skin. It was dark, edgy and will keep you turning the pages well into the night! I definitely recommend you grab a copy of THE SIX – can’t wait to see what the author has coming next from that twisted brain! 4.5 ⭐️‘S

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LiseyP

Moments of brilliance

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 1, 2020

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The author’s roots as a Stephen King fan are clear here. A stand-alone mystery thriller The Six is about six friends who have known each other since secondary/university. Told partly through flashback the story looks at the impact of one fateful night on this friendship.

There are a lot of similarities between the group of friends and King’s Losers’ Club in IT. The relationships in The Six are well developed, although as we see everything through the eyes of one character there are gaps in what we learn about the rest. This works well for the plot as we question who to trust. Is everyone truly who they appear to be?

It feels close to being great in places, but overall I think it’s a little too ambitious to really deliver. One or two less plot strands, a bit less laboured with the connections made and there would have been more room to focus on increasing the suspense factor. Instead it’s all left to a drawn out conclusion to deliver the suspense, and for me it didn’t quite hit the mark.

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