Discover Book: The Refugee
A murdered family. A refugee haunted by his past. As grief, guilt, and deception collide, The Refugee asks how far someone will go to outrun the truth, and what happens when it’s closer than home.
by Kim Hopkinson
Genre: Thriller
What happens when guilt refuses to stay buried?
In The Refugee, Kim Hopkinson weaves a chilling psychological thriller that moves between a quiet rural town and the fractured inner world of a man on the run, not just from the law, but from himself.
Bernard’s life is destroyed when his wife Sally and young son Joshua are murdered in cold blood. As grief fractures his sense of reality, suspicion spreads through a community where secrets run deep. At the same time, Ahmed, a refugee haunted by a violent past, drifts from town to town, desperate to escape the consequences of deeds he cannot undo. The lies he tells others begin to mirror the lies he tells himself, and his mental state slowly unravels.
As Inspector Lawrence investigates the case, the search for truth takes an unsettling turn. Motives surface. Reputations crack. And the question becomes unavoidable: is the real threat hiding in plain sight?
Taut, unsettling, and morally complex, The Refugee explores guilt, identity, and the dangerous stories we tell to protect ourselves, even when the truth is closer than we think.
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