{"product_id":"the-driver-who-never-arrived-adele-kirkland-9798187822096","title":"The Driver Who Never Arrived: A Small-Town Investigative Mystery Thriller","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAt 2:17 p.m., a delivery truck is found idling across an empty rural road.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe driver's door hangs open. The indicator clicks steadily into the silence. Paul Danner is gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fifteen years, Paul has driven the same route through Ashwick County, stopping at the same farms, houses, and isolated roads. He is reliable, methodical, and careful to the point of habit. He would not leave a loaded truck running with his wallet, keys, and phone inside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNewly assigned detective Helen Ward is told the explanation is obvious: Paul stepped out and met with trouble.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe evidence tells a different story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe driver's seat has been moved. A parcel hidden in the cargo bay does not appear on the manifest. Its label is addressed to a clock repairer who supposedly died eight years earlier in a fire Ashwick considers closed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Helen reconstructs Paul's final journey minute by minute, familiar landmarks become evidence. Witnesses revise their memories. Official records refuse to align. And every clue leads away from the roadside and toward an abandoned quarry, a burned house, and a secret the town has spent years protecting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe truck was left exactly where someone wanted it found.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Helen must discover whether Paul vanished from his route-or followed a second road designed to keep the truth buried.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adele Kirkland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798187822096\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/18\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Adele Kirkland","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084342731007,"sku":"9798187822096","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-driver-who-never-arrived-adele-kirkland-9798187822096","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}