Dead Woman Walking
a pacy, gritty and gripping thriller from bestselling author Sharon Bolton
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4.4 • 51 Ratings
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- £4.99
Publisher Description
In this compelling and utterly addictive thriller, bestselling author Sharon Bolton gives us a fascinating look at the extreme lengths people will go to in desperation, whatever their situation. Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Cara Hunter and Karin Slaughter, it's a dark and decidedly spine-tingling thriller that will get right under the skin...
'Bolton is a gripping storyteller with fine, haunted characters' -- Peter James
'For once, the description "impossible to put down" is full merited, for this is an absolute page-turner' -- Daily Mail
'It grips from the start . . . The plot merges skilfully, with many splendid twists along the way' -- The Times
'Bolton establishes a forbidding atmosphere . . . A slippery, devious narrative in which things are not always what they seem' -- Crime Scene
'Just wow! The best psychological thriller I have read in a long time!' -- ***** Reader review
'I couldn't put it down!' -- ***** Reader review
'Entertaining and a real page turner' -- ***** Reader review
'THIS BOOK IS THE BEST BOOK I have EVER read...a MASTERPIECE' -- ***** Reader review
'Essential reading right here' -- ***** Reader review
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SHE'S SEEN THE KILLER'S FACE. BUT HE'S ALSO SEEN HERS...
Just before dawn in the hills near the Scottish border, thirteen passengers on a hot-air balloon flight witness a brutal murder. Within the next hour, all but one of them will be dead.
Alone, scared and trusting no-one, she flees for her life, running to the one place she feels safe.
But the killer won't rest until he's eliminated the last witness to his crime . . .
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Jessica Lane, the heroine of this hit-or-miss thriller from Mary Higgins Clark Award winner Bolton (Daisy in Chains), plans a birthday surprise for her sister, a Carmelite nun a balloon ride over England's Northumberland National Park. But as the balloon floats over a dilapidated farm house, Jessica and the other passengers see a man, later identified as Patrick Faa, beating a woman to death. Faa fires a rifle at the balloon, causing it to crash; Jessica is the only survivor. Bolton shifts sometimes smoothly but too often in the middle of a scene among the police investigation, led by Supt. Ajax Maldonado; Jessica's attempt to evade Faa; the prior, sometimes prickly, relationship between the sisters; and a larger, somewhat more far-fetched story involving human trafficking and a massive cover-up. Maldonado and his team soon discover Jessica is a fellow police officer, but they're stumped as to why she's now on the run, a question the reader shares for too long. Despite some emotional resonance, Bolton's plot is too cluttered for any real impact.)
