Weight | 0.306 kg |
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Dimensions | 199 × 130 × 25 mm |
ISBN | 9781472226471 |
Cover | Paperback |
Publication Year | 2017 |
Publisher | Headline Publishing Group |
£8.99
Quieter than Killing
‘Hilary is my drop-everything writer; always original, always bang-on psychologically, always gripping. I am a huge fan’ -Alex Marwood
‘Tremendous’ -Ian Rankin
It’s winter, the nights are dark and freezing, and a series of assaults is pulling DI Marnie Rome and DS Noah Jake out onto streets of London. When Marnie’s family home is ransacked, there are signs that the burglary can have only been committed by someone who knows her.
Someone out there is playing games. It is time for both Marnie and Noah to face the truth about the creeping, chilling reaches of a troubled upbringing.
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