Darkside by Belinda Bauer
Shipcott in bleak mid-winter: a close knit community where no stranger goes unnoticed. So when an elderly woman is murdered in her bed, village policeman Jonas Holly is doubly shocked. How could someone have killed and left no trace? Jonas finds himself sidelined as the investigation is snatched away from him by an abrasive senior detective. Is his first murder investigation over before it's begun? But this isn't the end of it for Jonas, because someone in the village is taunting him, blaming him for the tragedy, and watching every move he makes...
"She's a thriller queen.. hailed as the woman most likely to lead the fightback against the Scandinavian crime-wave... [Darkside] cocks a snook at the traditional English crime novel... It's an extraordinary piece of writing... with a stunning denouement... Bauer ramps up the psychological tension like an old hand... The result is one of the most gripping whodunnits you'll read in 2011" Sunday Times (Culture) "Probably the most shocking ending you'll read this year. Belinda Bauer is the most disturbing new talent around" VAL MCDERMID "Second novel syndrome may be a recognised condition but it is not something that affects Belinda Bauer who follows last year's storming debut, Blacklands, with Darkside. I would press this one on anyone who loves Kate Atkinson, Bauer really is that good... Another cracking crime novel." -- Alice O'Keeffe Bookseller "Bauer has shifted the boundaries of what makes a truly gripping, terrifying thriller" Daily Mirror "Belinda Bauer won the CWA Gold Dagger for her first crime novel, Blacklands, and she's produced a barnstorming follow-up with Darkside... Bold, mordant, compassionate, Darkside confirms Bauer's reputation as a significant new talent" The Sunday Times
Belinda Bauer lives in Wales. She has worked as a journalist and screenwriter and her script The Locker Room earned her the Carl Foreman/ Bafta Award for Young British Screenwriters. Her first novel Blacklands won the CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel 2010.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780593062968 |
| ISBN 10 | 0593062965 |
| Title | Darkside |
| Author | Belinda Bauer |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2011-01-06 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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