Quercus
Quercus
Quercus
The breath-taking debut psychological thriller from the international bestselling author of The Perfect Lie and Dirty Little Secrets
SOMETIMES THE TRUTH IS NOT ALL IT SEEMS...
SOMETIMES A CONFESSION IS JUST THE BEGINNING...
NOW A NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER
'Brilliant' - BA Paris, author of Behind Closed Doors and The Breakdown
'Chilling' - Sunday Times
'Enthralling' - JP Delaney, author of The Girl Before
'Compulsive' - Sunday Mirror
'Addictive' - Michelle Frances, author of The Girlfriend
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Late one night a man walks into the luxurious home of disgraced banker Harry McNamara and his wife Julie. The man launches an unspeakably brutal attack on Harry as a horror-struck Julie watches, frozen by fear. It looks like Harry's many sins - corruption, greed, betrayal - have finally caught up with him.An hour later the intruder, JP Carney, hands himself in, confessing to the assault. The police have a victim, a suspect in custody and an eye-witness account, but Julie remains troubled.
Has Carney's surrender really been driven by a guilty conscience or is this confession the first calculated move in a deadly game?
THE MOST GRIPPING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER OF 2018: PERFECT FOR FANS OF THEN SHE WAS GONE AND THE GOOD DAUGHTER.
********** 'Brutal' - Fiona Cummins, author of Rattle
'Gripping' - Best
'Jaw-dropping' - Chris Whitaker, author of Tall Oaks
'Vivid' - Irish Times
'Fabulous' - Amanda Jennings, author of In Her Wake
'A contender for the most arresting opening paragraph of the year' - Sunday Express
Fabulous . . . Clever, pacey, compulsive - Sunday Mirror
Refreshing and... full of twists - The Express
Spain's blackly comic touch pulls us through a brilliantly dark tale - Daily Mail
A brilliantly dark tale - Mail on Sunday
A clever and unusual premise . . . punchy and energetic . . . a brilliant hook and rapid-fire ride - Irish Independent
Fresh, witty writing style . . . an eye for details make the characters instantly believable - Daily Mail
Brilliantly crafted . . . each piece of the puzzle is gradually put together and keeps you gripped until the end - Prima
A scathing overview of the Celtic Tiger years . . . [a] vivid portrait of a fascinating monster - Irish Times
JO SPAIN is a full-time writer and screenwriter. Her first novel, With Our Blessing, was a finalist in the Richard and Judy Search for a Bestseller competition and she's become a regular Top Ten Irish bestseller with her subsequent twelve novels. Jo co-writes and produces the internationally acclaimed Harry Wild TV series and is currently working on several TV productions, including the adaptation of her own Detective Tom Reynolds series. Jo and her family live in Dublin.