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Also by Fiona Barton:

Talking to Strangers, July 2025
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Talking to Strangers, September 2024
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Local Gone Missing, May 2023
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Local Gone Missing, July 2022
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The Suspect, March 2020
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The Suspect, February 2019
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The Child, March 2018
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The Child, July 2017
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The Widow, February 2016
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TALKING TO STRANGERS
By: Fiona Barton

Berkley
July 2025
On Sale: June 24, 2025
Featuring: Karen Simmon; Elise King
400 pages
ISBN: 1984803093
EAN: 9781984803092
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Thriller Psychological | Thriller Crime

Detective Elise King’s investigation into a woman’s murder is getting derailed by a reporter who insists on doing her own investigation in this nail-biting mystery from the author of Local Gone Missing.

When Karen Simmons is murdered on Valentine’s Day, Detective Elise King wonders if she was killed by a man she met online. Karen was all over the dating apps, leading some townspeople to blame her for her own death, while others band together to protest society’s violence against women. Into the divide comes Kiki Nunn, whose aggressive newsgathering once again antagonizes Elise. 

A single mother of a young daughter, Kiki is struggling to make a living in the diminished news landscape. Getting a scoop in the Simmons murder would do a lot for her career, and she’s willing to go up against not just Elise but the killer himself to do it.