Critical Incidents by Lucie Whitehouse (English) Paperback Book

Description: Critical Incidents by Lucie Whitehouse A missing girl.A murdered friend.No one left to trust.Seriously good suspense … trust me, youll need to know what happens Lee ChildSuperb characterisation, humour and galloping plot Susie SteinerThis is that deeply satisfying thing, a strong, deft thriller with real depth Tana French Detective Inspector Robin Lyons is going home.Dismissed for misconduct from the Mets Homicide Command after refusing to follow orders, unable to pay her bills (or hold down a relationship), she has no choice but to take her teenage daughter Lennie and move back in with her parents in the city she thought shed escaped forever at 18.In Birmingham, sharing a bunkbed with Lennie and navigating the stormy relationship with her mother, Robin works as a benefit-fraud investigator – to the delight of those wanting to see her cut down to size.Only Corinna, her best friend of 20 years seems happy to have Robin back. But when Corinnas family is engulfed by violence and her missing husband becomes a murder suspect, Robin cant bear to stand idly by as the police investigate. Can she trust them to find the truth of what happened? And why does it bother her so much that the officer in charge is her ex-boyfriend – the love of her teenage life?As Robin launches her own unofficial investigation and realises there may be a link to the disappearance of a young woman, she starts to wonder how well we can really know the people we love – and how far any of us will go to protect our own. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Lucie Whitehouse was born in Gloucestershire in 1975, read Classics at Oxford University and now lives in Brooklyn, New York. She is the author of The House at Midnight, the TV Book Club pick The Bed I Made and Before We Met, which was a Richard & Judy Summer Book Club pick and an ITV3 Crime Thriller selection. Review I loved Critical Incidents. In fact I devoured it. Its a brilliant combination of superb characterisation, humour and galloping plot: her best yet Susie Steiner, author of Missing, PresumedI swallowed this riveting literary thriller whole; Lucie Whitehouse has the knack of making fictional crime seem uncannily close to home, and Critical Incidents is her best book yet Erin Kelly, author of He Said/She SaidWhitehouse is a superb storyteller, whose sleight of hand and sly misdirections have you leaping to all the wrong conclusions from the outset IndependentWhitehouse writes marvellously in an emotionally hypersensitive, lyrical, Maggie OFarrell sort of way Daily MailWhitehouse is a skilful, attentive writer Guardian Promotional The gripping new thriller from the bestselling author of Before We Met Review Quote I loved Critical Incidents. In fact I devoured it. Its a brilliant combination of superb characterisation, humour and galloping plot: her best yet Susie Steiner, author of Missing, Presumed I swallowed this riveting literary thriller whole; Lucie Whitehouse has the knack of making fictional crime seem uncannily close to home, and Critical Incidents is her best book yet Erin Kelly, author of He Said/She Said Whitehouse is a superb storyteller, whose sleight of hand and sly misdirections have you leaping to all the wrong conclusions from the outset Independent Whitehouse writes marvellously in an emotionally hypersensitive, lyrical, Maggie OFarrell sort of way Daily Mail Whitehouse is a skilful, attentive writer Guardian Promotional "Headline" The gripping new thriller from the bestselling author of Before We Met Feature The gripping new thriller from the bestselling author of Before We Met * Lucie Whitehouse is the bestselling author of The Bed I Made (43k TCM) and Before We Met (92k TCM) - both of which were picked for Richard & Judys TV bookclub. * For the hundreds of thousands of fans of Susie Steiner and Kate Atkinson - Critical Incidents is a compelling, clever, character-driven detective novel that introduces the wonderfully flawed and likeable heroine, Robin Osborne. * Set in Birmingham - with the city as much of a character as the people - this is a refreshing, brilliantly written, female take on the urban detective novel. Competition: Cormoran Strike, Jack Reacher, DS Manon Bradshaw, Rebus, Harry Bosch; roy grace; karen hart; kim stone. Robert Galbraith, Susie Steiner, Lee Child, Ian Rankin, michael connelly; peter james; david baldacci; karin slaughter; ds butler; angela marsons Details ISBN0008269033 Author Lucie Whitehouse ISBN-10 0008269033 ISBN-13 9780008269036 Format Paperback Pages 400 Imprint Fourth Estate Ltd Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 823.92 Year 2019 Publication Date 2019-12-26 Language English UK Release Date 2019-12-26 Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Alternative 9780008330095 Audience General AU Release Date 2020-02-05 NZ Release Date 2020-02-05 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:160743437;

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