A Bird in Winter
'Nail-bitingly tense and compelling' Paula Hawkins
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3.8 • 26 Ratings
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Publisher Description
OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES OF APPLE TREE YARD SOLD
'Psychologically acute. Terrific.' Daily Mail
'A page-turning read. Kept me reading well past bedtime!' VAL McDERMID
'Pacey and propulsive.' Guardian
'A rare combination of elegance and unbelievable tension . . . Utterly brilliant.' Joanna Cannon
'Gripping.' Marie Claire
The latest from the Number One Sunday Times Bestselling author Louise Doughty
Bird is a woman on the run. One minute, she's in a meeting in her office in Birmingham - the next, she's walking out on her job, her home, her life. It's a day she thought might come, one she's prepared for. But nothing could prepare her for what will happen next.
As Bird tries to work out who exactly is on her trail, she must also decide who - if anyone - she can trust. Is her greatest fear that she will be hunted down, or that she will never be found?
Readers are gripped by A Bird in Winter:
***** 'Bird is a character who will stay with me for a long time.'
'***** As good as Apple Tree Yard, it was impossible to put this book down.'
***** 'Cleverly plotted and full of thought provoking situations and twists.'
***** 'If you like strong female leads that aren't perfect, then you will devour this.'
***** 'A beautiful, intricately plotted, and intriguing narrative.'
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
The author of thriller-turned-BBC hit Apple Tree Yard and impossibly tense TV drama Crossfire excels in creating robust midlife women navigating sticky situations. Doughty’s 10th novel is no exception. Our heroine, Bird is a quirky character, an enigmatic fifty-something intelligence service veteran who has sacrificed a ‘normal’ life for her career. We meet her in full flight, on the run from shadowy forces, through the atmospheric wilds of Scotland, Norway and Iceland. Many women dream of escaping the mundanity and responsibilities of their lives…but this may not be exactly what they had in mind. Equal parts character study and psychological thriller, if this isn’t adapted into a big-budget, moody TV series before long, we’ll eat our hats.
