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Halfway House The Nerve - Shatteringly Tense Searingly Funny New Thriller From The Author Of Netflix Hit The Cry
Halfway House The Nerve - Shatteringly Tense Searingly Funny New Thriller From The Author Of Netflix Hit The Cry
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Description: 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 Fitz Gerald. ` A new novel from Helen Fitzgerald is always a major event magnificent Mark Billingham ` Outrageous hilarious and dark as hell this is Helen Fitz Gerald 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 _______ They`re the housemates from Hell When her disastrous Australian love affair ends Lou O Dowd 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 House is 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 Fitz Gerald ** 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 ` Fitz Gerald 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
Title: Halfway House The Nerve - Shatteringly Tense Searingly Funny New Thriller From The Author Of Netflix Hit The Cry
Author(s): Fitzgerald Helen
Publisher: Orenda Books
Barcode: 9781914585708
Pages: 300 Pages
Publication Date: 5/7/2024
Category: Thriller / Suspense
Description: 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 Fitz Gerald. ` A new novel from Helen Fitzgerald is always a major event magnificent Mark Billingham ` Outrageous hilarious and dark as hell this is Helen Fitz Gerald 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 _______ They`re the housemates from Hell When her disastrous Australian love affair ends Lou O Dowd 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 House is 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 Fitz Gerald ** 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 ` Fitz Gerald 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
Title: Halfway House The Nerve - Shatteringly Tense Searingly Funny New Thriller From The Author Of Netflix Hit The Cry
Author(s): Fitzgerald Helen
Publisher: Orenda Books
Barcode: 9781914585708
Pages: 300 Pages
Publication Date: 5/7/2024
Category: Thriller / Suspense