Little Deaths by Emma Flint
It's the summer of 1965, and the streets of Queens, New York shimmer in a heatwave. One July morning, Ruth Malone wakes to find a bedroom window wide open and her two young children missing. After a desperate search, the police make a horrifying discovery. It's every mother's worst nightmare. But Ruth Malone is not like other mothers ...Noting Ruth's perfectly made-up face and provocative clothing, the empty liquor bottles and love letters that litter her apartment, the detectives leap to convenient conclusions, fuelled by neighbourhood gossip and speculation. Sent to cover the case on his first major assignment, tabloid reporter Pete Wonicke at first can't help but do the same. But the longer he spends watching Ruth, the more he learns about the darker workings of the police and the press. Soon, Pete begins to doubt everything he thought he knew. Ruth Malone is enthralling, challenging and secretive - is she really capable of murder? Haunting, intoxicating and heart-poundingly suspenseful, Little Deaths by Emma Flint is a gripping debut novel about love, morality and obsession, exploring the capacity for good and evil within us all.
Utterly atmospheric and with style to burn, Emma Flint's Little Deaths is a novel that troubles and transfixes from its simmering first pages all the way to its searing final words -- Megan Abbott, author of You Will Know Me
Little Deaths is a rarity: a period piece and police procedural that is wrenching and real and deeply movingI fell fast and hard under the spell of this this lush, moody, film noir of a novel -- Chris Bohjalian, author of The Guest Room
A phenomenal achievement. Little Deaths is one of those so-very-rare accomplishments: a lightning fast, heart-pounding, psychologically resonant crime novel that effortlessly transcends genre. If you believed that literary fiction can't be a one-sitting read, think again -- Jefferey Deaver
Little Deaths is a rarity: a period piece and police procedural that is wrenching and real and deeply movingI fell fast and hard under the spell of this this lush, moody, film noir of a novel -- Chris Bohjalian, author of The Guest Room
A phenomenal achievement. Little Deaths is one of those so-very-rare accomplishments: a lightning fast, heart-pounding, psychologically resonant crime novel that effortlessly transcends genre. If you believed that literary fiction can't be a one-sitting read, think again -- Jefferey Deaver
Emma Flint was born and grew up in Newcastle upon Tyne. She graduated from the University of St Andrews with an MA in English Language and Literature, and later completed a novel-writing course at the Faber Academy. She lives and works in London. Since childhood, she has been drawn to true-crime stories, developing an encyclopaedic knowledge of real-life murder cases from the early 20th century. Her first novel, Little Deaths, was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction, for the Desmond Elliott Prize, for the Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger Award, and for The Guardian’s Not the Booker Prize. Other Women is her second novel.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781509826599 |
| ISBN 10 | 1509826599 |
| Title | Little Deaths |
| Author | Emma Flint |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2017-01-12 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Prizes | Long-listed for Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2017 (UK), Long-listed for Desmond Elliott Prize 2017 (UK), Long-listed for CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger 2017 (UK), Long-listed for Theakstons Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year Award 2018 (UK) |
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