Fallen Angel
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4.5 • 75 Ratings
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- £2.99
Publisher Description
'Gloriously dark, deliciously twisty' CLARE MACKINTOSH
ONE FAMILY, TWO HOLIDAYS, ONE DEVASTATING SECRET
To new nanny Amanda, the Temple family seem to have it all: the former actress; the famous professor; their three successful grown-up children. But like any family, beneath the smiles and hugs there lurks far darker emotions.
Sixteen years earlier, little Niamh Temple died while they were on holiday in Portugal. Now, as Amanda joins the family for a reunion at their seaside villa, she begins to suspect one of them might be hiding something terrible...
And suspicion is a dangerous thing.
From Chris Brookmyre, winner of the Theakstons and McIllvanney awards for Black Widow, comes a standalone psychological thriller full of twists, lies and betrayal.
PRAISE FOR CHRIS BROOKMYRE
'Guaranteed to keep you guessing'
Ian Rankin
'Extremely sophisticated crime'
Sunday Times
'Exceptionally good'
Guardian
'In the pantheon of great crime writers'
Elly Griffiths
'Scales new heights of invention'
Times Literary Supplement
'Brookmyre writes beautifully . . . I was hooked'
Literary Review
Customer Reviews
#Not me
This is not a crime novel but a novel about crime, the reader will have to decide how many crimes. The writer is a prolific and admired crime writer and having read one of his books for the first time I can see why. The writing and structuring of the novel is complex and sophisticated shifting from voice to voice, perspective to perspective and decade to decade with ease. The event that provokes the whole narrative is shocking and, as the writer acknowledges, seems familiar and the unwinding is clever if a bit too pat.
I will read more