Caller Unknown

Caller Unknown

Author: Gillian McAllister Listening Length: 11h 8m
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A road trip across America with her teenage daughter was meant to be much-needed bonding time for Simone before Lucy leaves home for university. But on the first night of their stay, in a cabin deep in the Texan desert, Simone wakes to find Lucy missing and a mobile phone in her place. The phone rings and the voice on ...

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She walks a slow, scared loop around the shop. A large and crumpled American flag dresses the back wall. An employee – no more than twenty-five – stands behind the counter. After a second, she realizes he’s playing a game on his phone that as she gets closer to him reveals itself to be Pokémon.

She takes a steadying breath. ‘A pistol, please,’ she says, like she’s ordering a cappuccino. The employee glances up, meets her eyes, then nods.

‘Type?’ he says, one word, upspeak at its end.

‘I … don’t know,’ she says, wondering if she should have disguised her accent, but it’s too late now.