Hanging Hill: a terrifying, taut and spine-tingling thriller from bestselling author Mo Hayder

Mo Hayder

duben 2011 · Random House

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Tense, thrilling and brilliantly original, Hanging Hill reveals the evil side of human nature and the terrible things normal people can do... Perfect for fans of Stephen King, Stuart MacBride and Karin Slaughter.

'An authentically disturbing, gripping winner' -- Financial Times
'With Mo Hayder you never know where you are going until you get there. A chiller to the very end' -- The Times
'Fantastically tense thriller with a sickening twist at the end' -- ***** Reader review
'Great characters, great story and great twists and turns!' -- ***** Reader review
'Mo Hayder has done it again. Frightened the life out of me and left me shouting at my book - No!!!!!!!!' -- ***** Reader review
'One of my best ever reads' -- ***** Reader review
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EVEN GOOD PEOPLE DO BAD THINGS...

The Victim:
A teenage girl has been brutally murdered on her way home from school. The cryptic message 'all like her' is crudely written on her body.

The Silence:
The dead girl's friends are deeply shocked and upset, but they all refuse to reveal anything about her last movements. Who are they protecting? And what more do they know?

The Fear:
Headstrong Detective Inspector Zoë Benedict knows exactly how she wants to work this case. But Zoë's own dark past, if exposed, may jeopardize the search for justice . . . and destroy her too.

O autorovi

Mo Hayder has written some of the most terrifying crime thrillers you will ever read. Her first novel, Birdman, was hailed as a 'first-class shocker' by the Guardian and her follow-up, The Treatment was voted by the Times one of 'the top ten most scary thrillers ever written'. In 2012 Gone won the prestigious Edgars Best Novel award.

Mo left school at 15 and has worked as a barmaid, security guard, English teacher, and even a hostess in a Tokyo club. She has an MA in film making from the American University in Washington DC and an MA in creative writing from Bath Spa University. She now lives in England's West Country and is a full-time writer.

For more information on Mo Hayder and her books, see her website at www.mohayder.net