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Book SynopsisLONGLISTED FOR THE THEAKSTON OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD 2021
''Anyone wanting smart and compelling crime fiction with razor-sharp social comment should read Eva Dolan. In fact, EVERYONE should read her.'' Mark Billingham
''A new read from Eva Dolan is always a pleasure and her latest is as dark and gritty as ever Dolan puts troubling contemporary themes at the heart of her fiction, creating a compelling mystery about the treatment of vulnerable immigrants in a secretive establishment'' Sunday Times
As the country bakes under the relentless summer sun, a young doctor is found brutally murdered at his home in a picturesque Cambridgeshire village.Is his death connected to his private life or his professional one? Dr Joshua Ainsworth worked at an all-female detention centre, one still recovering from a major scandal a few years before. Was he the whistle-blower or an instigator?As Detective Sergeant Ferreira and
Trade ReviewA new read from Eva Dolan is always a pleasure and her latest is
as dark and gritty as ever … Dolan puts troubling contemporary themes at the heart of her fiction, creating
a compelling mystery about the treatment of vulnerable immigrants in a secretive establishment * Sunday Times *
Yet again, Eva Dolan has produced a
compelling and often dramatic whodunit that tells you more about the state of the nation than a sheaf of newspapers * Sunday Express *
Smartly plotted and intriguing * Sunday Mirror *
Dolan depicts the breakthroughs and drawbacks of an investigation, the feint and parry of interviews,
in engrossing detail and with great skill * The Times *
A real state of the nation novel -- Barry Forshaw * Financial Times *
Dolan infuses old-fashioned police work with contemporary issues to paint a disturbing picture of our times * Daily Mail *
Gripping from the first page, this is crime fiction with heart, a social conscience and an ending that packs a powerful emotional punch. I was a fan before. Now I’m in awe -- Paul Burston
Anyone wanting
smart and compelling crime fiction with razor-sharp social comment should read Eva Dolan. In fact,
EVERYONE should read her -- Praise for Eva Dolan, Mark Billingham
A master of pace ... [Dolan writes]
richly imagined, cleverly plotted and socially aware stories, which will also have you turning the pages well into the small hours -- Praise for Eva Dolan * Independent *
Dolan is
expert at the orchestration of tension -- Praise for Eva Dolan * Guardian *
Eva is
a brilliant storyteller and the stories she tells are as compelling as they are important.
She's a star -- Praise for Eva Dolan, Will Dean
