What makes everyone think the same killer has returned to town? Not only are the helpless teens killed in the same way, one is left alive, just like Ella was 15 years ago.Įlla’s addled brain struggles to cope. The killer is back and this time they strike an ice cream shop.

In the subsequent hours he disappears, and for many locals they saw this as an admission of guilt, especially when the murder weapon was later found in his locker at school.īut did he really kill anyone? And, where is he now?įast forward 15 years and Ella is now a trained therapist hoping to help others in need, but has she really resolved her own inner demons? A young lad, Vince Whitaker, was arrested before day broke and shortly afterwards released again due to lack of evidence. There was only ever one potential suspect as well. There was one sole survivor, Ella, who quickly shuts down, willing herself not to remember what had happened to the others. No-one was thinking of crimes being committed that night – not of the normal kind anyway.īut that night, a whole team of teenagers from the local blockbuster video store in Linden, New Jersey were working the night shift, when they were brutally murdered just before closing, or at least, the killer walked away believing that they were all dead. In other words, everyone’s attention was elsewhere. This disaster was going to eclipse anything else ever experienced.

We were anticipating chaos – computers were going to shut down, elevators would plunge to the ground and world markets would collapse. Only the brave flew on NYE that year because the thought of plunging to earth as the clocks struck midnight was just too much for most people. The year everyone thought would bring about a digital apocalypse. Or to be more precise, New Year’s Eve 1999. Turning back time, Alex’s latest novel starts in 1999.

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