Blacklands

[Belinda Bauer] is such an interesting writer - a restless intelligence that always goes its own way, but always comes up with something that feels both surprising but inevitable. * Lee Child *
Extraordinarily powerful and provocative… will leave you breathless * Daily Mirror *
An excellent first novel, with a highly original plot * The Times *
A very special debut thriller, and a clear-eyed depiction of ordinary people under extraordinary stress. This is something quite new – ANN CLEEVES, bestselling author of the Vera and Shetland novels
A psychological tour-de-force about the cruelty of hope and, ultimately, the triumph of innocence * Guardian *
The reader is fully gripped… Bauer’s first novel shows an extraordinary power of imagination and, vital in crime fiction, the ability to create fear and empathy in the reader * Independent *
In this atmospheric debut, Bauer ably paints a convincingly chilling portrait of a child killer, but it is her moving portrayal of a lonely, bullied child with a comfortless life that singles her out as an accomplished writer * Daily Mail *
Blacklands caused the hearts of hardened reviewers to flip a beat * Independent *
Original, unsettling and atmospheric, this is a debut that hits the ground running – VAL MCDERMID
Thought-provoking and utterly original – MO HAYDER

Belinda Bauer grew up in England and South Africa and now lives in Wales. She worked as a journalist and a screenwriter before finally writing a book to appease her nagging mother. For her debut, Blacklands, Belinda was awarded the CWA Gold Dagger for Crime Novel of the Year. She went on to win the CWA Dagger in the Library for her body of work. Her fourth novel, Rubbernecker, was voted Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. Her eighth novel, Snap, was a Sunday Times bestseller. It was longlisted for the Man Booker prize and voted Crime & Thriller Book of the Year at the Specsavers National Book Awards. Her books have been translated into twenty-five languages.

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