WELCOME TO THE DARK HEART OF CORNWALL . . .'One of the very best crime writers we have' Mark Billingham'A chilling tale' Lee Child'Great stuff' Mick Herron'Full of menace and secrets' Tom Wood'Martyn Waites is already crime fiction royalty . . . I bloody loved this book' Steve CavanaghHe was running from his past.She was running from her future.Sometimes helping a stranger is the last thing you should do . . .The Cornish village of St Petroc is the sort of place where people come to hide. Tom Killgannon is one such person. An ex-undercover cop, Tom is in the Witness Protection Programme hiding from some very violent people and St Petroc's offers him a chance to live a safe and quiet life. Until he meets Lila. Lila is a seventeen-year-old runaway. When she breaks into Tom's house she takes more than just his money. His wallet holds everything about his new identity. He also knows that Lila is in danger from the travellers' commune she's been living at. Something sinister has been going on there and Lila knows more than she realises. But to find her he risks not only giving away his location to the gangs he's in hiding from, but also becoming a target for whoever is hunting Lila.
Format: Hardback
CONTRIBUTORS: Martyn Waites
EAN: 9781785764318
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 594 g
HEIGHT: 240 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Zaffre
DATE PUBLISHED: 2018-06-14
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GENRE: FICTION / Occult & Supernatural, FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, FICTION / Thrillers / Supernatural, FICTION / Thrillers / Psychological
WIDTH: 162 cm
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Book Themes:
Cornwall, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction, Esoteric thriller, Occult fiction, Fiction: narrative themes
Waites brings all his storytelling talent and experience to this chilling tale, with results so spectacular I might never go to Cornwall again. Superb, A strong plot, a formidable air of menace . . . a superbly executed cautionary tale about the malevolent force of parochialism, Waites is one of the very best crime writers we have, simple as that. I've been looking forward to this book for a long time and, boy, it was worth waiting for. I don't know if I devoured IT or IT devoured ME..., Martyn has written another raw, deftly-plotted thriller with a dark heart and a real emotional punch, Authentically spooky, thrillingly atmospheric and unnervingly relevant. It reads like The Wicker man for the Brexit era
Martyn Waites was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He trained at the Birmingham School of Speech and Drama and worked as an actor for many years before becoming a writer. He has been nominated for every major British crime fiction award and won the 2014 Grand Prix du Roman Noir Award for his novel, Born Under Punches. He has enjoyed international commercial success with eight novels written under the name Tania Carver and also writes Doctor Who audio adventures for Big Finish.
