Kind of Cruel
Culver Valley Crime Book 7, from the bestselling author of Haven't They Grown
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3.8 • 77 Ratings
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- £4.99
Publisher Description
Sophie Hannah's unguessable thrillers have readers hooked!
'INGENIOUS! I challenge anyone to unravel this clever whodunit' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Sophie Hannah could well be our modern Christie, such a deliciously complicated plot. Her best yet!!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'This murder mystery really did blow my mind. It kept me awake at night! Absolutely brilliant' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'This lived up to its press for me. I loved every page -- a truly impossible puzzle!!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Some secrets are so dark you keep them even from yourself . . .
When Amber Hewerdine consults a hypnotherapist as a desperate last resort, she doesn't expect that anything much will change.
She doesn't expect it to help with her chronic insomnia . . .
She doesn't expect to hear herself, under hypnosis, saying words that mean nothing to her: 'Kind, cruel, kind of cruel' - words she has seen somewhere before, if only she could remember where . . .
She doesn't expect to be arrested two hours later, as a result of having spoken those words out loud, in connection with the brutal murder of Katharine Allen, a woman she's never heard of . . .
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Hannah's addictive seventh psychological thriller featuring husband-and-wife Det. Constable Simon Waterhouse and Det. Sgt. Charlie Zailer (after 2012's The Other Woman's House) explores the differences between feelings and memories. Insomniac Amber Hewerdine's visit to a hypnotherapist in Silsford, England, leads to her involvement in the investigation of the murder of Katharine Allen, a primary school teacher. At the crime scene is a piece of paper with the enigmatic words of the title. Oddly, the police decide to treat Amber not as a suspect, but almost as a colleague. An earlier murder, by arson, of Amber's best friend, raises the tension. Readers will begin to wonder how much of what the characters say can be believed. As Amber notes, "A connection in my mind isn't the same thing as a connection in the real world." The key to the mystery involves divining the meaning of the words on the piece of paper. A creepy subplot involves some of the most evil mothers in contemporary fiction.
Customer Reviews
Little Orchard
Not Sophie Hannah's best but a good yarn nonetheless.