J J NOAD
Mick Holden is nobody special, a pub regular with a faded past, content to let Blackpool’s off-season gloom swallow him whole. But his quiet life begins to unravel when he starts seeing things before they happen, television quiz answers, strangers’ movements, entire days. Events repeat. Faces vanish. Reality begins to rewrite the world around him.
Drawn into the mystery is Alice Whittaker, a journalist who knows too well what it feels like to notice when no one else does. Together, they chase a trail of erased lives, forgotten streets, and time slipping sideways. The deeper they go, the more they realise this is not déjà vu. It is a system. One designed to forget.
To survive, they must uncover what began beneath Blackpool’s crumbling facades before it swallows them too. In this haunting psychological tale, reality itself is the enemy. And you cannot fight what you cannot remember.
Awards & Reviews

Fractured Echoes was named a finalist in the 2026 Next Generation Indie Book Awards for Best Debut Novel.
“A psychological thriller that doesn’t shout to be heard... it whispers, it waits, and it stays with you.” Amazon reader review
“This is not just a thriller. It’s a meditation on what we trust about our own minds.” Amazon reader review
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