Imprint
- Hodder Paperbacks
- Hodder & Stoughton
London, Greater London, Fiction, Crime & mystery, Thriller / suspense, Street crime / gun crime
Dreda Say Mitchell, the bestselling and critically-acclaimed author of Spare Room, Gangland Girls and the Flesh and Blood Series, introduces DI Rio Wray.
FROM THE BESTSELLING AND CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF SPARE ROOM, GANGLAND GIRLS TRLIOGY and the FLESH AND BLOOD SERIES
Dreda Say Mitchell was awarded an MBE in Her Majesty The Queen's 2020 New Year's Honours List
'Dreda Say Mitchell has been flying the flag for crime writing for years' BERNARDINE EVARISTO, author of Girl, Woman, Other, winner of the Booker Prize 2019
'Breathless from the first word and thrilling to the last' Lee Child
Two murders. Two different crime scenes. One killer?
Mac wakes in a smashed-up hotel room with no recollection of what has happened. With his lover's corpse in the bathroom and the evidence suggesting that he killed her, Mac is on a mission to uncover the truth and find the real killer.
But he's in a race against time with less than a day to unravel the mystery. Still reeling from a personal tragedy Mac isn't afraid of pain. Hot on his heels is tenacious Detective Inspector Rio Wray. Double-crossed and in the line of fire, Mac has to swim through a sea of lies to get to the truth.
But only Mac knows he's been living a double life. Can he be sure he doesn't have the blood of a dead woman on his hands?
Praise for Dreda Say Mitchell:
'Fast-paced, gritty and relentlessly violent expedition into the shadowy world of an undercover operative' Irish Independent
'Awesome tale from a talented writer' Sun
'Fast-paced and full of twists and turns.' Crime Scene Magazine 'Thrilling' Sunday Express Books of the Year
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Praise for Vendetta
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Breathless from the first word and thrilling to the last
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Wonderful vivid writing and a truly original voice.
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Dreda Say Mitchell is right up there at the forefront of British crime fiction
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A terrific murder mystery full of twists and turns... here is a writer who knows how to keep you gripped. Wow.
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'Right from the first page I loved this book.. This book is certainly going to be in my top 10 read of 2014. Just brilliant'
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Spanning less than twenty-four hours, this is one of those spellbinding thrillers that literally sucks you in immediately... By the end of the book I was physically exhausted. Vendetta is a fantastic thriller. I suggest you strap in as you are in for a very bumpy and exhilarating ride!
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Vendetta has one of the best openings I have read in some time... From there on in the action and the questions come thick and fast... It's a cracking read.
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'Dreda is the female Simon Kernick in my eyes... The book starts as it means to go on. A thriller cannot start slow, and this was action-packed from the word go... Dreda has played a blinder here with twists I just didn't see coming... Highly recommended'
Dreda Say Mitchell
Dreda Say Mitchell is the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of Spare Room, the Gangland Girls and Flesh and Blood series, as well as the DI Rio Wray thrillers Vendetta and Death Trap. Her debut was awarded the CWA's John Creasey Dagger and she chaired the Harrogate Crime Fiction Festival in 2011. Since her sixth book she has been co-writing with Tony Mason. She has been a frequent guest on television and radio including Question Time, BBC Breakfast, Newsnight, Victoria Derbyshire, The Stephen Nolan Show, Front Row, Woman's Hour and numerous others. She has also presented Radio 4's Open Book. Dreda was named one of Britain's 50 Remarkable Women by Lady Geek in association with Nokia. She was born and raised in the East End of London where she continues to live.
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