Halfway House: The nerve-shatteringly tense, searingly funny new thriller from the author of Netflix hit, THE CRY

Langue : anglais

Edité par Orenda Books, United Kingdom, London, 2024

1914585704 / 9781914585708

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On her first shift at an Edinburgh halfway house for violent offenders, a young woman is taken hostage and that's just the beginning The twisty, shocking, darkly funny thriller by award-winning author Helen FitzGerald. 'A new novel from Helen Fitzgerald isalways a major event magnificent'Mark Billingham Outrageous, hilarious and dark as hell this is Helen FitzGerald on absolute top form Doug Johnstone [Lou] is irresistible and very funny The set-up is fascinating, the narrative is both fast-moving and convincing Literary Review _______ Theyre the housemates from Hell When her disastrous Australian love affair ends, Lou ODowd heads to Edinburgh for a fresh start, moving in with her cousin, and preparing for the only job she can find working at a halfway house for very high-risk offenders. Two killers, a celebrity paedophile and a paranoid coke dealer all out on parole and all sharing their outwardly elegant Edinburgh townhouse with rookie night-worker Lou And instead of finding some meaning and purpose to her life, she finds herself trapped in a terrifying game of cat and mouse where she stands to lose everything including her life. Slick, darkly funny and nerve-janglingly tense,Halfway Houseis both a breathtaking thriller and an unapologetic reminder never to corner a desperate woman __________________________ Tense, claustrophobic and laugh-out-loud funny an amazingly talented writer Michael Wood A genius combination of horror, humour and humanity' B M Carroll Praise for Helen FitzGerald **Shortlisted for Theakston Crime Novel of the Year** 'Sharp, shocking and savagely funny Chris Whitaker Dark, dark, deliciously dark'Amanda Jennings 'Wickedly funny, breath-stealingly tense and utterly chilling'Miranda Dickinson 'The main character is one of the most extraordinary you'll meet between the pages of a book'Ian Rankin 'Sublime'Guardian 'A dark, comic masterpiece'Mark Edwards 'Urgent, angry, absolutely terrifying Erin Kelly 'Tantalisingly powerful'The Times 'The classic thriller gets a hell of a twist'Heat 'FitzGerald writes like a more focused Irvine Welsh or a less misogynist Philip Roth'Daily Telegraph 'Domestic life is rarely served up quite so dark as this Sun. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

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Titre
Halfway House: The nerve-shatteringly tense, searingly funny new thriller from the author of Netflix hit, THE CRY
Auteur
Helen FitzGerald
Éditeur
Orenda Books, United Kingdom, London
Année de publication
2024
État de l'article
Very Good
Reliure
Paperback
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
1914585704
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9781914585708
Poids de l'article
191 grammes
Dimensions
129.0 x 198.0

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