The Dead Don't Speak
a completely gripping crime thriller guaranteed to keep you up all night
- Hardcover
400 pages
- Release Date
29 August 2023
Summary
‘Compelling’ IAN RANKIN
‘Stunning’ SUNDAY TIMES
The brilliant new novel from award-winning writer and rising star Claire Askew.
A city that’s no longer safe… An anonymous vigilante stalks the streets of Edinburgh. As his behaviour escalates, the police are at a loss - they can find no clues to his identity, and no trace of his whereabouts.
A detective in the path of danger… DI Helen Birch has b…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529348309 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1529348307 |
| Author: | Claire Askew |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 29 August 2023 |
| Weight: | 620g |
| Dimensions: | 236mm x 160mm x 36mm |
| Series: | DI Birch |
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Critics Review
Praise for Claire Askew:
A breathless, real-time, 24-style thriller that combines nail-biting tension with boundless compassion * Erin Kelly *
Tell Jack Bauer he’s been supplanted … taut * i newspaper *
Askew has delivered a peak-page turner and fans of crime-fiction will be left with a cliffhanger ending and a pronounced desire to learn where DI Birch turns up next… * Irish Examiner *
Compelling * Marie Claire *
Claire Askew is proving to be a master of the suspenseful police procedural * Sunday Times Crime Club *
Utterly captivating * Heat *
Praise for The Dead Don’t Speak:
Rich and real, Clare Askew brings Edinburgh vividly to life in this wonderfully compulsive novel * Mairon Todd *
The Dead Don’t Speak grabs the reader by the throat from the first breathless page - and doesn’t let up until the last. Lyrical, visceral, intelligent writing, this confirms Claire Askew as one of the best crime writers at work today! * Erin Kelly *
A tight, tense thriller with solid and genuine characters - I was absolutely absorbed throughout! * Kitty Murphy *
A brilliant thriller! * Bella *
Terrific! * Peterborough Telegraph *
A riveting read! * Sunday Times *
About The Author
Claire Askew
Claire Askew’s debut novel All The Hidden Truths won the 2016 Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize as a work in progress, and the 2019 McIlvanney Debut Crime Fiction Award. Two of her novels have been shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger. Her fourth novel, A Matter of Time, was longlisted for the McIlvanney Crime Novel of the Year 2022. Claire is also a poet and non-fiction writer and she lives in Carlisle.
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