You Can't Get Them Back

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Stuart Burton is on his way to the hospital. His wife is about to give birth to their second child. He can't be late.But there is a dreadful accident and Stuart ends up in a coma. When he wakes up, everything in his world has changed, including his memory.And why do the police want to talk to him about three people that were murdered sixteen years ago?He embarks on a tense and emotional journey to find out what really happened before the coma, and to get back everything he's lost.But you can't get them back.You Can't Get Them Back is one of a loose series of psychological suspense and mystery thrillers in which Thomas Wymark delves into the dark and hidden places of our minds.Q. Why do some of your novels focus on the mind?A. I've always enjoyed fiction that explores our darkest thoughts and potential capabilities. I believe that normal human beings can be capable of absolute wickedness as well as absolute kindness.Q. Is You Can't Get Them Back part of a series, and if so, what other titles are part of the series?A. You Can't Get Them Back is part of a loose collection of psychological suspense thrillers that aren't connected by anything other than their examination of the mind. My novel "Inheritance" is about a woman whose life starts to disintegrate after she is attacked and left with a head injury. It's about her battle to fight the madness that follows and to find the truth behind her horrendous visions and nightmares. My short story "No More Sunshine" looks at a man who, mentally, just can't take it anymore, but the action he takes leads to unintended consequences.Q. Do you only write psychological suspense thrillers?A. No. I have two series books coming soon, which are more thriller than psychological - although I suspect there will be an element of "mind mess" in there somewhere.

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