Old Soul
Old Soul by Susan Barker, published by Penguin Books, Limited on September 25, 2025, is a 304-page work of fiction that delves into the realms of horror and psychological thrillers. The narrative begins when two grieving strangers, Jake and Mariko, meet by chance at Osaka airport, uncovering a disturbing connection tied to the deaths of their loved ones. Both men encountered a mysterious dark-haired woman shortly before their tragic ends, prompting Jake to follow a trail of revelations that spans continents and centuries.
Readers will find a complex exploration of grief, loss, and the unsettling ties that bind the living to the dead. As Jake pursues the truth behind Mariko’s insights, he is drawn into a web of eerie coincidences and shared experiences that challenge his understanding of reality. The story intricately weaves together themes of psychological tension and the supernatural, as Jake races against time to uncover the identity and purpose of the beguiling woman at the center of it all.
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When two grieving strangers meet by chance in Osaka airport they uncover a disturbing connection. Jake’s best friend and Mariko’s twin brother each died, 6,000 miles apart, in brutal and unfathomable circumstances.
Each encountered a mesmerising, dark-haired woman in the days before their deaths. A woman who came looking for Mariko – and then disappeared.
Jake, who has carried his loss and guilt for a decade, finds himself compelled to follow the trail set by Mariko’s revelations. It’s a trail that weaves across continents and centuries, leading back to the many who have died – in strange and terrifying and eerily similar ways – and those they left behind- bewildered, disbelieved, yet resolutely sure of what they saw.
And, at the centre of it all, there is the same beguiling woman. Her name may have changed, but her purpose has never wavered, and as Jake races to discover who, or what she is, she has already made her next choice.
But will knowing her secret be enough to stop her?
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