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Blood on the Fairgrounds
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Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 12 2025
Pages: 136
Weight: 0.42
Height: 0.29 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A summer fair. A missing boy. A town changed forever.
June 1984 The travelling fair arrives in the quiet market town of Wokingham, bringing color, music, and excitement.
Seven-year-old Mark Tildesley sets out on his bicycle to see the lights, clutching a few coins for rides and sweets. It will be the last time his family sees him.
In the days that follow, Detective Sergeant Colin Mercer is pulled into a case that will test every instinct he has. Witness sightings are confused, suspects are many, and the trail twists through fairgrounds, darkened lay-bys, and hidden woodland clearings. As the investigation deepens, Mercer uncovers the outlines of something far worse than a single abduction: a network of predators operating in the shadows, shielded by silence and fear.
With no body, no clear suspect, and a community gripped by panic, Mercer must hold his ground against dead ends, false leads, and dangerous men who have evaded justice for years. For Mark's family, for the truth, and for the safety of every other child, the case cannot fail.
Based on the real-life disappearance of Mark Tildesley, Blood on the Fairgrounds is a powerful true-crime thriller that blends atmospheric storytelling with meticulous investigative detail, a haunting journey into a case that still echoes decades later.
Some crimes never fade. Some stories must be told.
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