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As winter closes its grip on snow-bound London, a cleaner determines to solve the case that her detective father never could. A Kindle number one bestseller.
It was the murder that shocked the nation. Kate Rokesmith, a young mother, walked to the banks of the Thames with her three-year-old son. She never came home.
For three decades, the case file has lain, unsolved, in the corner of an attic. Until the detective's daughter, Stella Darnell, starts to clear out her father's house after his death...
Reviews for The Detective's Daughter:
'A haunting novel about loss and reconciliation, driven by a simple but clever plot' Sunday Times
'This book has a clever mystery plot - but its excellence is in the characters, all credible and memorable, and in its setting in a real West London street, exactly described' Literary Review
'A thoughtful, well-observed story... It reminded me of Kate Atkinson' Scott Pack
'A cerebral thriller... Evokes chills from more than just the frigid winter nights' Forward Reviews Magazine
'Lesley Thomson gets better and better' Ian Rankin
As winter closes its grip on snow-bound London, a cleaner determines to solve the case that her detective father never could. A Kindle number one bestseller.
It was the murder that shocked the nation. Kate Rokesmith, a young mother, walked to the banks of the Thames with her three-year-old son. She never came home.
For three decades, the case file has lain, unsolved, in the corner of an attic. Until the detective's daughter, Stella Darnell, starts to clear out her father's house after his death...
Reviews for The Detective's Daughter:
'A haunting novel about loss and reconciliation, driven by a simple but clever plot' Sunday Times
'This book has a clever mystery plot - but its excellence is in the characters, all credible and memorable, and in its setting in a real West London street, exactly described' Literary Review
'A thoughtful, well-observed story... It reminded me of Kate Atkinson' Scott Pack
'A cerebral thriller... Evokes chills from more than just the frigid winter nights' Forward Reviews Magazine
'Lesley Thomson gets better and better' Ian Rankin
Lesley Thomson is the bestselling author of The Detective's Daughter series, which has sold over 850,000 copies worldwide. The tenth instalment, The Shrine, marks a major milestone in the acclaimed series. Renowned for her atmospheric, character-driven mysteries, Thomson's writing has been likened to Barbara Pym for its keen psychological insight and wit. Her debut, A Kind of Vanishing, won the People's Book Prize, cementing her reputation as a distinctive voice in crime fiction. She lives in Sussex with her partner and their dog.
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| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe, Krimis & Thriller |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Reihe: | The Detective's Daughter |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9781788542982 |
| ISBN-10: | 1788542983 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Thomson, Lesley |
| Hersteller: |
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
The Detective's Daughter |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Ansata, ein Label der Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe GmbH, Neumarkter Str. 28, D-81673 München, kundenservice@penguinrandomhouse.de |
| Maße: | 195 x 129 x 32 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Lesley Thomson |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 05.04.2018 |
| Gewicht: | 0,339 kg |