Give Me the Child: Summer 2017’s most gripping psychological thriller
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (659 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01N27M8CU |
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| Number of Pages | : | 178 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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This new standalone marks a change in direction. She won the John Llewellyn-Rhys/Mail on Sunday award for Best Writer Under 35 for her first book, Motel Nirvana. She has published three Arctic mysteries featuring the Inuit detective Edie Kiglatuk under the name MJ McGrath, the first of which, The Boy in the Snow, was shortlisted for a CWA Gold Dagger.In the last year she has been one of the founders and moving lights of the website Killer Women, which has rapidly established itsel
‘You won’t want to eat, sleep or blink’Tammy Cohen‘A triumph. I loved it’ – Mark Hill. A mesmerisingly written examination of desperation and evil’Financial Times‘Taut and compelling’ Good Housekeeping‘Gripping and moving’Erin Kelly‘Hugely addictive and highly recommended’Sarah Hilary‘Completely unputdownable’Lisa Hall‘Utterly terrifying – it plays on every mother’s deepest fear’Annabel Kantaria‘Among my favourite books of the year
But her instincts tell her different. So when Ruby Winter, a small girl in need of help, arrives in the middle of the night, it seems like fate.A devastating secret.But as the events behind Ruby’s arrival emerge – her mother’s death, her connection to Cat – Cat questions whether her decision to help Ruby has put her own daughter at risk.Do we get the children we deserve?Cat’s research tells her there’s no such thing as evil. Her history tells her she’s paranoid. And as the police fight to control a sudden spate of riots raging across the capital, Cat faces a race against time of her own…Compulsive, dark and devastating, Give Me the Child is a uniquely skilful thriller with an unforgettable twist.. ‘Gripping and moving’Erin Kelly‘You won’t want to eat, sleep or blink’Tammy CohenAn unexpected visitor.Dr Cat Lupo aches for another child, despite the psychosis which marked her first pregnancy
"Give Me the Child" according to Ashrae. Actually Give Me the Child Ashrae Actually 4.5 stars.Ooo, I do love a dysfunctional family and we have it here, and then some. There are secrets, lies, and duplicitous behaviour aplenty in this chilling psychological thriller.Cat Lupo is a child psychologist, she is married to Tom and they have one child, Freya. She really wants another but is wary as her first pregnancy was wracked with psychoses. Then, in the middle of the night there is a knock on the door and, upon opening, Cat is shocked to find the police and a small child, Ruby. Apparently, Ruby's mother has died and, as she is Tom's . .5 stars.Ooo, I do love a dysfunctional family and we have it here, and then some. There are secrets, lies, and duplicitous behaviour aplenty in this chilling psychological thriller.Cat Lupo is a child psychologist, she is married to Tom and they have one child, Freya. She really wants another but is wary as her first pregnancy was wracked with psychoses. Then, in the middle of the night there is a knock on the door and, upon opening, Cat is shocked to find the police and a small child, Ruby. Apparently, Ruby's mother has died and, as she is Tom's