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April 2011 Book of the Month.
Longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger 2011.
What if you found yourself divorced and penniless? With no skills and a teenage daughter to support? What if the only way to survive was to do things you never thought possible, to go places you never knew existed. These are questions Sally has never really thought about before.
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Hanging Hill Synopsis
Tense, thrilling and brilliantly original, Hanging Hill reveals the evil side of human nature and the terrible things normal people can do... Perfect for fans of Stephen King, Stuart MacBride and Karin Slaughter.
'An authentically disturbing, gripping winner' -- Financial Times
'With Mo Hayder you never know where you are going until you get there. A chiller to the very end' -- The Times
'Fantastically tense thriller with a sickening twist at the end' -- ***** Reader review
'Great characters, great story and great twists and turns!' -- ***** Reader review
'Mo Hayder has done it again. Frightened the life out of me and left me shouting at my book - No!!!!!!!!' -- ***** Reader review
'One of my best ever reads' -- ***** Reader review
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EVEN GOOD PEOPLE DO BAD THINGS...
The Victim:
A teenage girl has been brutally murdered on her way home from school. The cryptic message 'all like her' is crudely written on her body.
The Silence:
The dead girl's friends are deeply shocked and upset, but they all refuse to reveal anything about her last movements. Who are they protecting? And what more do they know?
The Fear:
Headstrong Detective Inspector Zoë Benedict knows exactly how she wants to work this case. But Zoë's own dark past, if exposed, may jeopardize the search for justice . . . and destroy her too.
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9780553824346 |
| Publication date: |
29th March 2012 |
| Author: |
Mo Hayder |
| Publisher: |
Bantam Press an imprint of Transworld |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
557 pages |
| Primary Genre |
Crime and Mystery
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About Mo Hayder
After leaving school at fifteen, Mo Hayder worked as a barmaid, security guard, film-maker, hostess in a Tokyo club, educational administrator and teacher of English as a foreign language in Asia. She has an MA in creative writing from Bath Spa University, where she now teaches.
She is the author of Birdman, The Treatment, which won the 2001 WHSmith Thumping Good Read Award, and Tokyo, all published by Bantam Books.
In 2011 Mo Hayder was shortlisted for the CWA Dagger in the Library, awarded to an author for a body of work.
Maxim Jakubowski's view on DI JACK CAFFERY...
A London cop in self-exile in Bristol who is running from his past, now working in tandem with a local female police diver. Not for the faint-hearted, a series that explores the heart of darkness and chills to the bones. SKIN is the 4th in the series.
Jack Caffery series:
1. Birdman (2000)
2. The Treatment (2001)
3. Ritual (2008)
4. Skin (2009)
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