Hurting Distance
a completely unputdownable and addictive crime thriller packed with twists
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3.5 • 2 Ratings
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- €3.99
Publisher Description
READERS ADORE SOPHIE HANNAH'S UNGUESSABLE THRILLERS:
'Compulsive reading literally all through the night' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Couldn't put it down! Loved it, so many twists and turns!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I thought I'd worked it out but I was nowhere near!!!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I have lost sleep over this book as I couldn't bear to miss a word. I have one word for it: UNBEATABLE' 'Absolutely hooked right from the first chapter. I couldn't put it down, literally' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'It just had to be 5 stars, more if I could' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I urge you to read, you will NOT be disappointed' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Three years ago, something terrible happened to Naomi. She never told anyone the truth. Now Naomi has another secret - she is having an affair with a married man.
When he vanishes without a trace, Naomi knows he must have come to harm. Desperate to find him, Naomi has an idea. If she can convince the police that he is a danger to others, maybe they will search for him - urgently.
Naomi knows all too well how to describe the actions of a psychopath. All she needs to do is dig up her own darkest secret . . .
'Superbly creepy' Guardian
'Rivetingly original' Sunday Times
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Hannah's intense second thriller (after Little Face), Det. Sgt. Charlie Zailer and her sidekick, Det. Constable Simon Waterhouse, pursue a serial rapist who preys on successful single career women and sells tickets to "live" rape parties. Naomi Jenkins, a sundial maker prone to panic attacks, reports her married lover, Robert Haworth, missing after he fails to show up for their weekly tryst. Later, in order to speed up the search, Naomi informs the police that Robert raped her three years earlier. Simon finds Robert at home, near death, after possibly being bludgeoned by his wife. But there's far more going on, and making matters more dodgy, aside from a growing victim list, is the foolish fling Charlie has with the owner of a chalet-style resort in Scotland. Full of clever plot twists, this satisfying shocker about "the victims and the perpetrators of violent crimes" suggests how obsessive love, while not a crime, is certainly within hurting distance.
Customer Reviews
Not for me
Poorly plotted. Poorly written. It’s hard to understand the success of this author, judging by this book. It would help if the plot were credible, but it isn’t (despite all the convoluted interior monologue, Naomi’s motivation is totally unconvincing, while the interlocking coincidences are so forced as to be laughable). The book is over-wordy. One has the impression that the publisher specified a certain number of words or pages and the author padded things out to suit. All in all, a very poor read, in no way deserving all the praise it’s got.