A Line of Blood - Softcover

Ben McPherson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007569599 ISBN 13: 9780007569595

Publisher: Harper, 1814

Synopsis

A chilling psychological thriller about family - the ties that bind us, and the lies that destroy us. Perfect for fans of The Girl on the Train and I Let You Go. You find your neighbour dead in his bath. Your son is with you. He sees everything. You discover your wife has been in the man's house. It seems she knew him. Now the police need to speak to you. One night turns Alex Mercer's life upside down. He loves his family and he wants to protect them, but there is too much he doesn't know. He doesn't know how the cracks in his and Millicent's marriage have affected their son, Max. Or how Millicent's bracelet came to be under the neighbour's bed. He doesn't know how to be a father to Max when his own world is shattering into pieces. Then the murder investigation begins...

About this title

About the Author:

Ben McPherson is a television producer, director, and writer and for more than ten years worked for the BBC, among other outlets. He is currently a columnist for Aftenposten, Norway's leading quality daily, and lives in Oslo with his wife and two children.

Review:

“An impressive slice of domestic suspense... McPherson is a dab hand at creating realistically flawed characters to whom one just about manages to give the benefit of the doubt, and the ending... is still shocking.” (The Guardian)

“Fascinating. From the first page of A LINE OF BLOOD, I was hooked. I couldn’t put it down!” (Lisa Jackson, New York Times bestselling author)

“McPherson’s mystery is carefully constructed, a literary house of cards. Layer upon layer of revelation increases the tension.” (Kirkus Reviews)

“McPherson’s debut prolongs suspense until the dreadful truth becomes undeniable, raising the questions of how these well-drawn characters will survive and how justice is best served.” (Library Journal)

“A compelling read for its vivid portrait of a family whose secrets are hidden behind a mask of normalcy until a violent act rips it away... This is a novel for those who like their suspense written in dark tones.” (New York Journal of Books)

“McPherson displays a rare skill for creating characters with depth in a world that is splintering around them.” (Daily Mail (UK))

“Gripping from the get-go, A Line of Blood will have readers wondering what they might be capable of in the face of the terrible isolation of self within a family running off the rails.” (Tami Hoag, #1 New York Times Bestselling author of Cold Cold Heart)

“A family drama packed with suspense.” (The Sunday Post (UK))

“Many good novels pose the question: how should you act in certain circumstances? This is the question McPherson puts, and the answer that he finds for his characters seems to me admirable and yet morally dubious. This is how it should be.” (The Scotsman (UK))

“A Line of Blood delves deep into family dynamics for a psychological thriller with realistic twists that builds to a surprising denouement... [An] elegantly constructed plot reveals the secrets that bind these characters as well as pull them apart... An engrossing - and very dark - domestic thriller.” (Washington Post)

“To say that the book is fascinating and hard to put down would be an understatement.... Former relationships and shameful episodes in Alex and Millicent’s lives keep coming to light, making the tangle increasingly snarled rather than more understandable. And this quite effectively heightens the suspense.” (ReviewingtheEvidence.com)

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper
• Publication date: 1814
• ISBN 10: 0007569599
• ISBN 13: 9780007569595
• Binding: Paperback