The Confession
an addictive psychological thriller with twists you won't see coming
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4.3 • 3 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Sometimes the truth is not all it seems. Sometimes a confession is just the beginning . . .
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?
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'Brilliantly dark' Daily Mail
'Unputdownable' 5* reader review
'Fabulous . . . Clever, pacey, compulsive' Daily Mirror
'Jo Spain's writing is a delight' 5* reader review
'A brilliant hook and rapid-fire ride' Irish Independent
'A stunning masterpiece' 5* reader review
'Gripping' Best
'Exceptional' 5* reader review
'Clever, chilling' Sunday Times
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
What appears to be an open-and-shut case a perpetrator, a victim, a witness, and a confession is anything but in this mesmerizing thriller from Irish author Spain (With Our Blessing and three other Tom Reynolds mysteries). After J.P. Carney, a broke loner, severely beats financier Harry McNamara in front of his wife, Julia, at the couple's home in Dalkey, an affluent Dublin suburb, Carney confesses to the crime. He offers no explanation for the attack other than that he snapped. Julia harbors her own theory, but is loath to pursue it. Det. Sgt. Alice Moody, who has no such qualms, is determined to solve the case, even as top brass pressure her to let it go, satisfied with Carney's confession and confinement to a mental health facility. Spain's vivisection of guilt and revenge pulls readers through to a harrowing denouement. Even seasoned genre veterans will be riveted by this modern-day morality tale, which peels away layers of the present and past to reveal ugly truths and sins aplenty, from lust and greed to addiction and deceit.)
