Deadly Animals - Val McDermid Crime Debut Award Winner 2024
Verlag | Bonnier Books UK |
Auflage | 2024 |
Seiten | 400 |
Format | 13,0 x 2,5 x 19,8 cm |
Gewicht | 267 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
EAN | 9781804181904 |
Bestell-Nr | 80418190UA |
A thirteen-year-old girl with a dark obsession is on the hunt for a serial killer in this mesmerising British crime debut.
__WINNER OF THE VAL McDERMID DEBUT AWARD 2024__
__The Times' best crime and mystery books of 2024 so far__
__Daily Mail's best new books to read this weekend__
'A remarkable debut' - THE TIMES
'Utterly mesmerising' - PETER JAMES
'Exceptional' - DAILY MAIL
'I adored this novel' - JENNIE GODFREY
'Exceptional in every way' - CHRIS WHITAKER
'A crime novel I wish I had written' - LYNDA LA PLANTE
'Will rock you back on your heels' - VAL McDERMID
'Marie's writing is beautiful' - BELINDA BAUER
'A dark glittering gem of a book' - LISA GRAY
'Gloriously dark, deadly and deathly' - C. J. SKUSE
'An incredible debut. Damn near perfect' - SUSI HOLLIDAY
'Tierney is a name to watch' - SAM HOLLAND
'A masterpiece' - WILLIAM HUSSEY
'Extraordinary' - JO CALLAGHAN
Thirteen-year-old Ava Bonney is different.
While her friends play, Ava searches for roadkill. She knows studying animal decomposition is an unusual hobby, but Ava doesn't c are what other people think.
Then, one night, when Ava sneaks out to find a fox, she instead stumbles upon the body of Mickey Grant.
Despite his many years in the police, Detective Seth Delahaye has never seen a murder case like this one - as though the victim was set upon by a wild animal.
Nor has he met anyone quite like Ava: so determined, resourceful and . . . unusual.
And when another boy goes missing, he has no idea that Ava will become his secret weapon in the hunt for a killer.
DISCOVER THE GRIPPING AWARD-WINNING 2024 BRITISH CRIME NOVEL EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT.
'Deadly Animals is a shockingly beautiful, rare and heartbreaking gem. I really can't recommend it highly enough' - CHRIS WHITAKER
Rezension:
Marie Tierney's debut will rock you back on your heels. Deadly Animals is a dark excursion into the horrifyingly credible VAL McDERMID