The Body
With my wife’s body lying on the living room floor, the distance to the woods feels impossible. I knew moving her unseen would be a gamble. I knew getting away with this would be difficult.
But I never imagined the true scale of the nightmare.
Disposing of one body is dangerous enough. But what do you do when there are two?
- Rebecca - Anthony’s wife
- Anthony - Rebecca’s husband
- Car thief - Unnamed
- Graham - Witness
- Graham’s wife - Unnamed
- Charlotte - the speeding driver
- Jason - Charlotte’s husband
- PC Gates - Police office
- Anthony puts Rebecca’s body in the trunk of his car.
- Before Anthony can drive off, a man in a balaclava steals his car.
- The car thief drives into the woods, hiding while he decides what to do next.
- He searches the car for valuables and discovers Rebecca’s body in the trunk.
- The car thief sets the car on fire.
- Graham and his wife are in the woods looking for wildlife and witness everything.
- Graham and his wife follow the car thief but make too much noise, and he spots them.
- The car thief panics, runs across the road, and is hit by a car.
- Charlotte, over the legal drinking limit, speeds off and drives home after the accident.
- Charlotte tells Jason what happened and he insists they go to the police.
- Charlotte admits she was drunk, and Jason says they will stick together and figure out what to do.
- Charlotte goes to shower and Jason immediately calls 999 to report the incident.
- PC Gates reports to the scene of the hit and run and interviews Graham and his wife.
- The couple leads PC Gates to the burning car.
- Anthony didn’t kill Rebecca; it was a sexual role-playing game, and she was only pretending to be dead.
- After smelling the smoke, Rebecca called the safe word, but Anthony never rescued her, and she burned alive in the car, believing he had killed her.
A perfect, bite-sized thriller! The use of multiple POVs added so much tension, and I was completely floored by that shocking twist at the end. Highly recommend if you need a quick adrenaline fix.
- Car thief - Alive - Survives the hit-and-run accident
- Rebecca - Dead - Burned alive by the car thief
- Drunk driving
- Death
- Fire
Twist
Publisher: Independently Published
ASIN: B0G5XDKSLG
Publication Date: December 13, 2025
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