Safe House
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4.4 • 5 Ratings
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Publisher Description
**Over 500,000 copies sold**
Shortlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year
'An exciting, well crafted thriller.' SHARON BOLTON
When Rob Hale crashes his motorcycle, the last thing he remembers is Lena's scream as their helmets crunched together - but when he wakes up in hospital, he's told Lena doesn't exist. The woman he describes looks like his sister, Laura, who recently died by suicide. Could he really have imagined her?
Rob has to find answers, and finds himself aided by Rebecca Lewis, a London-based PI Rob's parents invited to the Isle of Man to investigate his sister's death. Except, she already knew his sister. Who is Rebecca, really?
Searching for the truth together, Rob and Rebecca discover that even on an island where most people know each other, everyone has a secret to hide - and when you can't hide, your best option is to stay and fight.
'Ewan keeps the twists coming.' Independent on Sunday
'A high-octane thriller . . . a terrific holiday read.' Guardian
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
In this nail-biting thriller by the author of the playful Good Thief’s Guide series, a young man follows the trail of a mysterious woman. Motorcyclist Rob Hale awakens after a wreck to learn that Lena—the beautiful stranger he had just taken for a ride—has disappeared. Joined by a tough female detective, Rob searches for Lena, plunging into a dangerous conspiracy with troubling personal ties. Set on the Isle of Man, British crime writer Chris Ewan’s Safe House is a brilliantly plotted and dizzyingly suspenseful adventure packed with ingenious twists.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Set on the Isle of Man, this beautifully plotted thriller from Ewan (The Good Thief's Guide to Venice and three other mysteries starring professional thief Charlie Howard) offers as many twists and turns as motorcycle enthusiast Rob Hale encounters during the British dependency's annual TT (Tourist Trophy) time-trial races. After a motorcycle accident catapults Rob into the hospital, he learns there's no evidence that Lena, the attractive blonde he'd just met who was riding on the back of his bike, ever existed. Determined to prove Lena wasn't a figment of his imagination, Rob teams with PI Rebecca Lewis in an investigation that becomes increasingly convoluted and dangerous as they uncover links to the suicide of Rob's sister, Laura, a few weeks earlier and unearth surprising secrets about the mysterious Lena. Meanwhile, a number of ruthless players work at cross purposes, and Rob and Rebecca take a lot of hard knocks at their hands. Ewan's carefully placed clues will elicit several "aha" moments from readers as his heroes battle toward understanding and resolution.
