The Dead Don't Speak: a completely gripping crime thriller guaranteed to keep you up all night

Claire Askew

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Scotland, Crime & mystery, Thriller / suspense

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Hodder Paperbacks
- Paperback May 28, 2024 | 9781529348347 | RRP $24.99 Pre-Order
- Trade Paperback Aug 29, 2023 | 9781529348293 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
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Hodder & Stoughton
- Paperback May 28, 2024 | 9781529348347 | RRP $24.99 Pre-Order
- Trade Paperback Aug 29, 2023 | 9781529348293 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- Hardback Aug 29, 2023 | 9781529348309 | RRP $49.99 Buy Now
Imprint

Hodder & Stoughton
- Paperback May 28, 2024 | 9781529348347 | RRP $24.99 Pre-Order
- Trade Paperback Aug 29, 2023 | 9781529348293 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- Hardback Aug 29, 2023 | 9781529348309 | RRP $49.99 Buy Now

A beautifully written and plotted police procedural from a rising star and award-winning voice in the crime genre. 'Claire Askew takes us away from the obvious plot and asks us tantalising questions ... an absorbing, thought-provoking entry into crime fiction' - The Times

'Compelling' IAN RANKIN
'Stunning' SUNDAY TIMES

The brilliant new novel from award-winning writer and rising star Claire Askew.

A city that's no longer safe...
An anonymous vigilante stalks the streets of Edinburgh. As his behaviour escalates, the police are at a loss - they can find no clues to his identity, and no trace of his whereabouts.

A detective in the path of danger...
DI Helen Birch has been told to stay away from the case - but she's never been one to play by the rules. When her colleague Amy comes to her asking for help, DI Birch finds it impossible to resist the challenge - and soon, her life is on the line.
Will she crack the case before it breaks her? Or has she finally met her match?
A gripping crime thriller for fans of Susie Steiner, Elly Griffiths and Val McDermid - guaranteed to keep you up all night...

PRAISE FOR CLAIRE ASKEW:
'Thought-provoking' Mail on Sunday
'A crackerjack read' Val McDermid
'Meticulous and compelling' Ian Rankin
'Thoughtful and well-written' Guardian
'Compellingly written' Daily Mail
'Stunning' Erin Kelly
'Absorbing and thought-provoking' The Times

Praise for The Dead Don't Speak: a completely gripping crime thriller guaranteed to keep you up all night

A breathless, real-time, 24-style thriller that combines nail-biting tension with boundless compassion
Claire Askew is proving to be a master of the suspenseful police procedural - Sunday Times Crime Club
Compelling - Marie Claire
Utterly captivating - Heat
Rich and real, Clare Askew brings Edinburgh vividly to life in this wonderfully compulsive novel - Mairon Todd
Praise for Claire Askew:
A brilliant thriller!
Tell Jack Bauer he's been supplanted . . . taut - i newspaper

Claire Askew

Claire Askew's debut novel All The Hidden Truths won the 2016 Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize as a work in progress, and the 2019 McIlvanney Debut Crime Fiction Award. Two of her novels have been shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger. Her fourth novel, A Matter of Time, was longlisted for the McIlvanney Crime Novel of the Year 2022. Claire is also a poet and non-fiction writer and she lives in Carlisle.