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Kind of Cruel: Culver Valley Crime Book 7
Sophie Hannah
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Description for Kind of Cruel: Culver Valley Crime Book 7
Hardback. Copy with minor shelf wear. Fine in dustjacket. DJ has some wear and tear to edges, with some red nail varnish stains on front cover, but remains very good
When Amber Hewerdine consults a hypnotherapist as a desperate last resort, she doesn't expect that anything much will change. She doesn't expect it to help with her chronic insomnia . . . She doesn't expect to hear herself, under hypnosis, saying words that mean nothing to her: 'Kind, cruel, kind of cruel' - words she has seen somewhere before, if only she could remember where . . . She doesn't expect to be arrested two hours later, as a result of having spoken those words out loud, in connection with the ... Read morebrutal murder of Katharine Allen, a woman she's never heard of . . . Show Less
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Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
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About Sophie Hannah
Sophie Hannah is an internationally bestselling crime fiction writer, translated into 34 languages and published in 51 countries. Her psychological thriller The Carrier won the Specsavers National Book Award for Crime Thriller of the Year in 2013. Sophie is the author of the bestselling Poirot continuation mysteries. The Point of Rescue and The Other Half Lives have been adapted ... Read morefor television as Case Sensitive, starring Olivia Williams and Darren Boyd. Sophie is also a bestselling poet who has been shortlisted for the TS Eliot award. Her poetry is studied at GCSE and A-level. Sophie is an Honorary Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge. She lives in Cambridge with her family. Show Less
Reviews for Kind of Cruel: Culver Valley Crime Book 7
Sophie Hannah is currently one of the most prolific authors in Britain
Stylist
A highly original tale of warped personalities,suppressed memory, and brutal murder, this is an intelligent, accomplished and completely chilling page-turner
The Good Book Guide
A highly original tale of warped personalities,suppressed memory, and brutal murder, this is an intelligent, accomplished and completely chilling ... Read morepage-turner.
The Good Book Guide
'A stunningly clever and compelling tale about a woman accused of killing someone she's never met'
Heat
Just when I think I've seen everything a psychological chiller can throw at me, along comes Sophie Hannah to keep me guessing until the last page . . . Hannah begins at the heart of the knot and teases out the strands; she's a princess among crime writers.
Saga
Sophie Hannah's well-written and intelligent psychological thrillers always chill and intrigue
Choice magazine
A new thriller by former poet Hannah is always an occasion for lip-smacking anticipation. And, unlike with other examples of the genre, these are well-written, psychologically probing works . . . It's chilling without the usual fireworks of violence and police chases - and better for it.
City A.M.
Expect twists and turns throughout and a satisfyingly gripping ending. I would read a shopping list if Sophie Hannah wrote it but I thought this was definitely one of her best
Woman's Way
[Sophie Hannah] has perfected the psychological thriller, always with strong female characters, and always with a high degree of edge-of-the-seat peril.
Bookseller
This taut, intelligent psychological thriller . . . opens up a lot for reading groups to get their teeth into . . . intensely satisfying personal read.
New Books magazine
I was looking forward to this book very much and it did not disappoint . . . Again we are given insights into Simon and Charlie's relationship as the new storyline unravels its secrets. I cannot recommend this author enough - I find her books so interesting and readable.
www.eurocrime.co.uk
Fast-paced prose makes this a suspense-filled page-turner with a vividly unsettling atmosphere.
The List
Intricately plotted and pleasingly sinister, it's guaranteed to get under the skin
Good Housekeeping
If you have ever finished a crime novel having already correctly worked out whodunit and why and are feeling slightly disappointed and cheated as a result, allow me to introduce you to Sophie Hannah . . . if you reach the end of her latest, baroquely plotted novel KIND OF CRUEL one step ahead of her, I wouldn't just be surprised but downright suspicious and sceptical too.
Scotsman
'Hannah's classy psychological thrillers are known for their amazing openings and this one is a doozy . . . The plot developments are often jaw-dropping and the ending is wonderfully satisfying. Another triumph for one of the very best crime writers out there.'
Heat
Hannah excels at dissecting human behaviour, and the way she describes little acts of cruelty can send real chills down the spine.
Psychologies
KIND OF CRUEL is another compulsive book from Hannah
Sunday Independent Ireland
An audacious puzzle of a novel that is impossible to second guess . . . Crime novels are often dismissed in literary circles for not being literary enough. Yet KIND OF CRUEL is exactly the intelligent, reflective and stunningly written novel that has literary critics swooning and judging panels lining up to reward. The fact that it has a police investigation at its heart is a plus, not a minus, and makes for one hell of a journey.
Sunday Express
Like Hannah's previous multilayered thrillers, her seventh offers the unravelling of several mysteries, a rich mix of the dark and diverting, and astute portraits of women falling apart.
The Sunday Times
An exploration of memory and the way trauma lives on in the present. Cool, calculating and utterly chilling, KIND OF CRUEL is another compulsive book from Hannah, to be gulped down with all the lights on and someone to grab when the sense of menace grows too great.
Observer
[Hannah] has outdone herself with KIND OF CRUEL . . . Her trademark precision-layered structure creates a multi-dimensional maze that holds at its centre a revelation which is truly hair-raising, even by Hannah's standards.
Independent on Sunday
A terrific reading experience. Everybody loves Sophie Hannah.
Gaby Logan Show, BBC Radio 5
Intricately plotted and pleasingly sinister . . . guaranteed to get under the skin.
Good Housekeeping
Hannah concocts a mystery of satisfying complexity in which frequent cliches of the genre (the locked room, for example) are turned inside out. If that were all her novels did, they would be admirably cerebral but uninvolving. Unfortunately for her rivals, Hannah does texture, depth and character with similar panache.
Scotsman
An audacious puzzle of a novel that is impossible to second guess . . . Crime novels are often dismissed in literary circles for not being literary enough. Yet KIND OF CRUEL is exactly the intelligent, reflective and stunningly written novel that has literary critics swooning and judging panels lining up to reward.
Sunday Express
Hannah has outdone herself with KIND OF CRUEL . . . Her trademark precision-layered structure creates a multi-dimensional maze that holds at its centre a revelation which is truly hair-raising, even by Hannah's standards.
Independent on Sunday
Cool, calculating and utterly chilling, KIND OF CRUEL is another compulsive book from Hannah, to be gulped down with all the lights on and someone to grab when the sense of menace grows too great.
Observer
Hannah excels at dissecting human behaviour, and the way she describes little acts of cruelty can send real chills down the spine.
Psychologies
Another triumph for one of the very best crime writers out there. Stunningly clever and compelling.
Heat
A rich mix of the dark and the diverting. Brilliantly believable
Sunday Times
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